Basic Cleaning on 8/18

On Saturday 8/18, Madeline Weigner performed a basic cleaning of the stick. Due to scheduling constraints, she incorporated the stick cleaning into the dive plan of a visiting scientist, Josh Voss, and he assisted her.

Screens were checked and found to be in ok condition. All macro growth was removed from lines. All zincs were checked and are ok with the exception of the support chain zinc that is deteriorating. It is still functional, so it was left as is.

Next Scheduled Cleaning on or around 9/2. It is a full cleaning/groundtruthing. Madeline Departs LSI on 8/31, and we're going to try to squeeze in the cleaning before she leaves. Her last minute duties may preclude that, however.

I am scheduled to leave LSI on 9/10. So, the next cleaning will be my last cleaning of the season as well. Please plan accordingly.

Ciao,

Adam

Full cleaning on 8/8/07

On August 8, 2007, Adam Harrison and Madeline Weigner performed a full cleaning of CMRC3. The CT groundtruting censor was installed just before 11:45. In-situ cleaning was performed between 13:15 and 13:45.

All lines and chains were cleaned. All zincs were inspected and were found to be in sufficient condition to not warrant replacement. Shallow and Deep water light sensors were cleaned.

Both CTD's were cleaned; there was minor biofouling on the interior of the CTDS. The shallow CTD was missing one screen. Madeline determined that all of the remaining screens were significantly deteriorating and she replaced them all as well as replacing the missing screen.

There was heavy current and the CT groundtruthing unit was swept near the surface for the duration of the time we were in the water cleaning and was also near the surface when we retrieved the unit just after 15:15. I suspect that the unit was near the surface for the entirety of the groundtruthing process.

Ciao,
-AHarrison