CLIMODE-I Update
16 November 2005
2030Z

Greetings from the warm and sunny North Atlantic.  We continue to  
enjoy unusually pleasant weather on R/V Oceanus: Sunburn was a much  
greater concern than seasickness during yesterday's mooring  operation.  
Mooring "D" was deployed 15 Nov at 36 05.4 N, 60 10.2 W  in 4894 m of water.  
Deployment of the mooring, which includes a near-surface ADCP, moored profiler, 
RAFOS sound source, and nitrate  sensor, went very smoothly in glassy calm 
conditions under the  direction of John Kemp.  A full-depth CTD cast was 
performed near the  mooring site to confirm the accuracy of the Matthew's 
Tables used for  correction of acoustic soundings.  A total of 8 CTD stations 
have  been occupied, more than half to a depth of 3000 m to test acoustic  
releases.  Four APEX floats, two Bobbers, and two surface drifters  have been 
deployed thus far.  An identical mooring ("Ca") will be  deployed tonight (16 Nov) 
near 38 30 N, 56 W.  This will be followed  by a CTD cast and a suite of float 
and drifter deployments.  Tomorrow  we turn south for mooring "B" at 34 N.

Dave Fratantoni
Bob Weller