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Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994  18:07:09 +0000 (GMT)


Sharon - Everything is going very well- we have made 2 deep CTD
plus water casts in the Gulf of Oman and analyses run before
commencing SeaSoaring. All underway sensors are functioning, and
seawater sampling via seachest progressing well. We have been in
communication with Peter aboard Discovery over the past several
days. We will meet up with Discovery tomorrow, 12/5/94, at 1300
local. Because of ongoing SeaSoar ops we will be unable to stop
ship to make simultaneous CTD casts. We have arranged with Peter
to have Discovery take a 500m CTD cast before our arrival, split
the water, transfer our subsamples via Zodiac, and perform
duplicate analyses aboard Thompson. Analyses include nutrients
and salts (Burt Jones), DOM and POM (Paula Coble), pigments and
fluorescence (Dave Phinney) and HPLC (Rory Toon). Following the
transfer, Discovery will follow Thompson track down the JGOFS
line to compare CTD on their UOR undulating system (10 knots to
100m depth) with CTD on WHOI SeaSoar (8 knots to 300m depth)
before heading south to their A4 station. Both parties are very
pleased to have this intercomparison. Because of tight schedules
and parting cruise tracks it will be the last opportunity on
this cruise for both ships to meet again until we reach port on
19 December.

We will update with a status report later. So far so good- low
sea state and Sea Soar is flying well. All three surface
moorings have been sighted.

 david k. young is sci-01@thompson.ocean.washington.edu
 kenneth h. brink is sci-24@thompson.ocean.waxhington.edu