NOAA Teacher at Sea
Jacquelyn Hams
Onboard NOAA Ship Rainier
July 24 – August 11, 2006
Mission: Hydrographic Survey
Geographical Area: Shumagin Islands, Alaska
Date: August 1, 2006
Weather
Clear Visibility: 10 nm
Wind direction: 200
Wind speed: 10 knots
Seawater temperature: 11.1 degrees C
Sea level pressure: 1011.4 mb
Temperature dry bulb: 13.3 degrees C
Temperature wet bulb: 11.1 degrees C
Science and Technology Log
I continue practicing navigation underway using radar and dead reckoning. Three of the fixes I checked fall right on the ship’s course. A few others fall within an acceptable error. The swells were a little rough so I take a break from the radar screen and charts until the late afternoon.
The NOAA Ship RAINIER anchors in Northeast Bight, Nagai Island for the night.
