Princeton GCCS Log August 20, 2006 1700 GMT

GCT file: asap_0806_v15

Gliders under control: we05, we08, we09, we10

Coordination plan: Gliders we09 and we10 are assigned to travel counter-clockwise as a synchronized pair around the original middle (we09) and northern (we10) tracks. Gliders we05 and we08 are assigned to travel counter-clockwise as a synchronized pair around the new southern/offshore (we05) and original southern/inshore (we08) tracks.

Coordination summary: the initial conditions for the new plan are favorable since we05 is slightly ahead of we08 and we05 has 5 km extra to go to get on its new track. Synchronization between we09 and we10 is fair and improving.

Glider OA Flow summary: the patch of strong equatorward flow in the southern offshore corner of the sampling domain appears to have weakened somewhat. There is mild poleward flow along the inshore and northern edges of the domain.