NOWRAMP 2002

9/12/02

Position:
Latitude: 23° 38.174' N
Longitude: 166° 14.079' W
Area Name: French Frigate Shoals

Weather:
Barometer: 1019.2 mb 30.11" steady
Winds: 15-20 Knots
Description: Fair and calm
Forecast: Trades 15-25 Knots, Seas 6-8'

Sea Conditions:
Waves: 4-6 ft. inside atoll
Current: Mild, 1 knot west
Sea: Calm. 4-6 ft Trade swell.

Daily Vessel Plan:
Scheduled Activities:
REA (Rapid Ecological Assessment) Teams: 3 site surveys per team inside and outsdide the lagoon. Acropora table corals inside reef, lots of reef fish.

Coral Coring: 1st core taken.

Maritime Archaeology: SE Lagoon - looking for Keola, 75' fishing vessel sunk in 1981. No evidence at given coordinates. La Perouse Pinnacle - checked embedded anchor, circled pinnacle and documented.

Satellite Imaging: Groung truthing of three sites. Coral coring.

 

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