Helo June 30

 

Photo flight #6 - large grid
interval 21 s (pulse duration=0.1 s, timing= 20 s)
Kt 19 sampling rate 1 Hz
altitude 6000' entire flight box with a pass at 1000' by the ship afterwards.
No low clouds - ceiling >=7000' - Alto stratus?
~35 kt westerly winds at 6000'
On board Don, Tom, Bonnie
GPS: Lat. Long. Heading
SHIP 78 00.00 N 167 33.2 W
A 78 00.00 N 166 28.3 W 90
B 78 13.5 N 166 28.3 W 0
C 78 13.0 N 168 38.1 W 270
D 77 46.5 N 168 38.1 W 180
E 77 46.5 N 167 33.2 W 90
TIME NOTES NIKON VIDEO KT-19
13:41:51
13:42:09 Switched On
13:42:33 Switched On
13:49:37 Start line to point A switched on
13:55:56 Start turn at A Poly 1 switched off for turn
13:56:40 Poly 1 switched back on
13:56:51 End turn at A
68 kts ground speed on this line
14:03:02 Start turn at B Poly 1 switched off for turn
14:03:38 End turn at B Poly 1 switched back on
14:11:00 altitude 6200'
70 kts ground speed on this line
14:26:35 Start turn at C Poly 1 switched off for turn
14:27:25 End turn at C Poly 1 switched back on
14:28 Poly 1 Full
14:28:54 Poly 2 on line
14:49:45 Start turn at D Poly 2 switched off for turn
14:50:18 End turn at D Poly 2 switched back on
130 kts ground speed
14:50:46 Over big leads
14:56:01 Start turn at E Poly 2 switched off for turn
14:46:42 End turn at E Poly 2 switched back on
15:02:55 At point F over the ship Poly 2 switched off for maneuvering
15:03:50 switched off
15:09:30 switched on w/ 2 sec interval
15:09:53 Beginning of Lead on NS pass at 1000' Poly 2 switched on
15:12:03 Over ship Poly 2 full
15:20:52 Switched Off
15:21:25 On the deck (25kt gusts)
The ice is in smaller pieces today and there is more open water than last time we flew.
There is still an amorphous N-S fabric to the lead structure on the large scale.
The ice is all ponded or draining except for a few flat areas.
Pressure ridges much less obvious from the air

 

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