Date Time Comments Initials 3/21/07 Day 80, Some data in SB channel, NW of Pt Conception MK 3/22/07 Day 81, >>> Good data! Mostly clear, excluding offshore, some banding from Terra Chl MK 3/23/07 Day 82, only clear in a NS band South of SB Channel MK 3/24/07 Day 83, Only clear along the coast, cloudy elsewhere MK 3/25/07 Day 84, clear along the coast, cloudy elsewhere MK 3/26/07 Day 85, Cloudy, strong winds, a small clear patch in SW offshore MK 3/27/07 Day 86, Clear patches, e.g. off LA. Strong winds MK 3/28/07 Day 87, Clear along the coast and off Pt Conception, banding in Terra chl, SST good. Effects of earlier strong winds in the SB Channel. MK 3/29/07 Day 88, Mostly clear, good data! MK 3/30/07 Day 89, Clear near the coast and in the south MK 3/31/07 Day 90, Clear along the coast and in the south MK 4/01/07 Day 91, Clear along the coast and off Pt Conception MK 4/02/07 Day 92, Mostly cloudy, clear patches off Pt Concepption, etc. Use last 5-day composites C2007088_C2007092_chl_comp and M2007088_M2007092_sst_comp in LTER_Last MK 4/03/07 Day 93, Clear offshore, cloudy elswhere. Use last 5-day composites C2007089_C2007093_chl_comp and M2007089_M2007093_sst_comp in LTER_Last. MK 4/04/07 Day 94, Totally cloudy in the LTER image boundaries. Use the same composites as above. MK 4/05/07 Day 95, Cloudy nearshore, clear patches offshore. Overlaid gliders on C2007089_C2007093_chl_comp_gliders_0405.png. MK 4/06/07 Day 96, Revised 4/05/06 images with late passes. New glider data not available. Overlaid 04/05 gliders on C2007087_C2007095_chl_comp and M2007087_M2007095_sst_comp MK 4/06/07 Day 96, Mostly cloudy excdept a few patches offshore. MK 4/07/07 Day 97, Mostly cloudy, a small clear patch in SB Channel. MK 4/08/07 Day 98, Clear offshore, cloudy elsewhere. Overlaid glider tracks of 0409 on last 6 day composites: C2007093_C2007098_chl_comp_gliders_0409.png and M2007093_M2007098_sst_comp_gliders_0409.png. MK GLiders are trapped in a cyclonic eddy, see M2007098_sst_mapped_gliders_0409.png and zoomed version in T2007098190000.L2_LAC_SST.remapped_gliders_0409.png in LTER_day_sst 4/09/07 Day 99, Nice Chl data nearshore, cloudy offshore, SST has more coverage. Extremely sharp high-Chl filament S of Pt Conception. Drifter tracks of 0409 on last 5 day Chl composite: C2007095_C2007099_chl_drifters_0409.png and last 2 day SST composite M2007098_M2007099_sst_drifters_0409.png. MK Single pass SST A2007099212000.L2_LAC_SST.zoomed_drifters_0409.png shows the current position (black dot) is in relatively uniform waters. MK 4/10/07 Day 100, Chl data offshore and nearshore, missing in the middle. SST has even worse coverage. Cannot get new drifter coordinates! 4/11/07 Day 101, Chl available only in a few patches, Terra chl bad. Terra SST pass at 5:50 GMT very good with almost full coverage. Overlaid drifter tracks on 4/12 on it: see T20071010550_sst_drifters_0412.png and M2007101_sst_mapped_drifters_0412.png in LTER_day_sst. The drifers are in a blob of intermediate SST water, moving in SW direction. Both drifters follow the same path. The cold diagonal stripe W of the drifters is probably aircraft contrail. 4/12/07 Day 102, Chl available nearshore, SST not very good either. Drifters are under clouds. 4/13/07 Day 103, Chl nearshore (from Terra) stripy, SST good. Overlaid drifters of 04/13. SST full coverage with only 3 days in M2007101_M2007103_sst_comp_drifters_0413.png, for Chl needed 16 days to get almost full coverage in C2007088_C2007103_chl_comp_drifters_0413.png. 4/14/07 Day 104, mostly cloudy. Clear Chl patch between Sd and Catalina. SST also mostly cloudy. 4/15/07 Day 105, Totally cloudy. SST shows a few night-time clear areas between SB and SD but quality is low due to mixing day/nigth data. 4/16/07 Day 106, Clear near the coast and in offshore in NW. Showing drifter tracks on C2007106_chl_a_mapped_drifters_0416.png and M2007106_sst_mapped_drifters_0416.png. MK Composites (last 5 days) of SST (M2007101_M2007106_sst_drifters_0416.png) and (last 9 days) of Chl (C2007098_C2007106_chl_drifters_0416.png) with drifter tracks of 4/16. MK 4/17/07 Day 107, Mostly cloudy, clear offshore in NW. Composites of SST (M2007101_M2007107_sst_drifters_0417.png) and of Chl (C2007098_C2007107_chl_drifters_0417.png) with drifter tracks of 4/17. MK 4/18/07 Day 108, Clear nearshore. Extremely high Chl, over 20 mg m-3 along the coast and in the SB Channel. Composites of SST (M2007103_M2007108_sst_drifters_0418.png) and of Chl (C2007102_C2007108_chl_drifters_0418.png) with drifter tracks of 4/18. MK Added overall composites of SST (M2007093_M2007108_sst_drifters.png) and Chl (C2007093_C2007108_chl_drifters.png) with all drifter tracks as of 4/18. MK 4/19/07 Day 109, Mostly cloudy, some clear pathes S of SB Channel. Very high Chl, over 20 mg m-3 along the coast and in the SB Channel. 4/20/07 Day 110, Chl totally cloudy. Updated drifter tracks in C2007093_C2007108_chl_drifters_0420.png and M2007093_M2007108_sst_drifters_0420.png.