{"id":198,"date":"2017-08-04T12:51:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T11:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/?p=198"},"modified":"2017-08-07T15:10:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T14:10:58","slug":"its-always-the-weathers-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/2017\/08\/04\/its-always-the-weathers-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s always the weather&#8217;s fault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear interested reader, colleagues, friends and families,<\/p>\n<p>you may ask why we did not report on storms up to now. It\u2019s simple, there are none. With the help of two weathermen on board in collaboration with the Deutscher Wetterdienst, we can bypass them. They give the weather consultation each day for the captain of the RV Meteor and us, that we can plan and perform all our actions on time and every valuable minute is used for research. One of them is a weather technician supported by the Seewetteramt and, like on M139 with the potential for hurricanes in the southern North Atlantic Ocean, a meteorologist. A short history on the work of the weather station of the RV Meteor by the weather technician Andreas Raeke (Image 1):<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always the weather\u2019s fault, but I have to blame for it usually. If the weather is bad, for example, the swell is high from port (left) and starboard (right), I don\u2019t show up on board and rather stay in the weather station. Then not only the crew, but also I\u2019m rolling from one side to another in the bed during the night.<\/p>\n<p>While the biologists and geoscientists are mainly investigating the ocean, we are interested in the processes in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. The weather observation has become a tradition on RV Meteor. The Meteor I (now it\u2019s the Meteor III in 2017) already gathered weather data during its expedition from 1925 to 1927 across the Atlantic Ocean. Data regarding temperature, humidity, wind and radiation were collected and ascents with weather balloons were made (Image 2). Nowadays, most of the data is automatically generated (Image 3,4) and just visual observations (Image 5) are added to the daily data sets. There is, for example, the \u201csignificant wave height\u201d, an indicator for how many and which types of clouds are found in a certain height in the sky. We are also interested in weather phenomena like storms, showers or the reduced range of vision due to sand from the Sahara Desert in the Caribbean Sea. The collected data are distributed worldwide and serve as puzzle stone for future weather models. These \u201ctrue\u201d measurements and observations from the Atlantic Ocean are scarce and highly demanded for comparisons with satellite data. All the measurement instruments must be regularly checked and cleaned (there are often deposits from the Sahara sand or from a sea gull \u2026).<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, when there is just water, water, water and no land ahead, the sky with its various forms of clouds can be really relaxing. The sunset is obviously the most popular photo motif. My personal highlight as weather technician has been a significant wave height of 7\u00a0m near the coast of Argentina on my first Meteor expedition in 2009 or the forecast for a salvage in the centre of a cyclone between Greenland and Newfoundland. It would be thrilling to perform some measurements in a hurricane, but I am not allowed to do so &#8230; It\u2019s better to provide a good meteorological consultation that everybody gets home safely. (More images 6-9)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s also our opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Your M139 team<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Liebe interessierte Leser, Kollegen, Freunde und liebe Familien,<\/p>\n<p>Sie fragen sich bestimmt, warum wir bisher von keinen Unwettern berichtet haben. Die Antwort ist, dass wir sie ganz einfach nicht erfahren. Zwei Wetterfr\u00f6sche an Bord sorgen daf\u00fcr, dass wir sie umfahren k\u00f6nnen. Von der Bordwetterwarte des Deutschen Wetterdienstes aus soll eine punktgenaue Wetterberatung f\u00fcr den Kapit\u00e4n der FS Meteor und uns erfolgen, damit wir unsere Eins\u00e4tze planen k\u00f6nnen und die wertvolle Forschungszeit optimal ausgenutzt wird. Auf der M139 ist einer der beiden verantwortlichen Wetterfr\u00f6sche der schiffseigene Wettertechniker mit Unterst\u00fctzung vom Seewetteramt und, wie auf dieser Reise mit Hurrikan-Potenzial im s\u00fcdlichen Nordatlantik, ein Meteorologe. Andreas Raeke (Bild 1), der Wettertechniker an der Bordwetterwarte der FS Meteor, sieht es so:<\/p>\n<p>Das Wetter ist immer schuld. Daf\u00fcr kann ich zwar nichts, werde an Bord aber gerne daf\u00fcr verantwortlich gemacht. Bei schlechtem Wetter wie hohe D\u00fcnung von Backbord (links in Fahrtrichtung) oder Steuerbord (rechts in Fahrtrichtung) lasse ich mich besser nicht so oft an Bord sehen und verkrieche mich in der Bordwetterwarte. Nachts im Bett rolle ich dann auch von der einen zur anderen Seite.<\/p>\n<p>W\u00e4hrend die Meereswissenschaftler meist unter Wasser forschen, interessieren uns die Vorg\u00e4nge in der Lufth\u00fclle der Erde. Die Wetterbeobachtung an Bord der FS Meteor hat eine lange Tradition. Schon w\u00e4hrend der Atlantik-Expedition von 1925 bis 1927 auf der Meteor I wurden Wetterdaten aufgezeichnet. Neben Temperatur-, Feuchte- und Windbeobachtungen gab es auch Ballon- und Drachenaufstiege und Strahlungsmessungen (Bild 2). Heute werden viele meteorologische Daten automatisch erfasst (Bild 3,4) und durch Augenbeobachtung (Bild 5) in der t\u00e4glichen Wettermeldung erg\u00e4nzt. Dazu z\u00e4hlt zum Beispiel die \u201esignifikante Wellenh\u00f6he\u201c, und wie viele und welche Wolken in welchen H\u00f6hen am Himmel sind. Au\u00dferdem interessieren uns besondere Wettererscheinungen wie zum Beispiel Gewitter, Schauer oder Sichttr\u00fcbungen durch den Sahara-Staub in der Karibik. Die gesammelten Daten werden zeitnah weltweit verbreitet und bilden einen Puzzlestein f\u00fcr zuk\u00fcnftige Wettermodelle. Diese \u201eechten\u201c Messwerte und Beobachtungen auf dem datenarmen Atlantik sind sehr begehrt, weil sie unter anderem mit Daten von den Satelliten abgeglichen werden. Die Messger\u00e4te m\u00fcssen nat\u00fcrlich regelm\u00e4\u00dfig gewartet und geputzt werden. Nicht selten gibt es Ablagerungen vom W\u00fcstenstaub oder von einer M\u00f6we.<\/p>\n<p>Da manchmal wochenlang vor lauter Wasser, Wasser, Wasser \u2026 kein Land in Sicht ist, kann der Himmel mit seinen vielf\u00e4ltigen Wolken besonders entspannend sein. Der Sonnenuntergang ist selbstverst\u00e4ndlich das beliebteste Fotomotiv. Die pers\u00f6nlichen H\u00f6hepunkte meiner bisherigen Reisen als Wettertechniker waren zum Beispiel die 7 m hohe, signifikante Wellenh\u00f6he auf meiner ersten Meteor-Reise 2009 vor Argentinien oder die Wetterprognose f\u00fcr eine Bergung zwischen Neufundland und Gr\u00f6nland im windschwachen Zentrum eines Sturmtiefs. Reizen w\u00fcrde mich eine Messung mitten in einem Hurrikan, aber da machen mir Kapit\u00e4n, Fahrtleiter und Mannschaft einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Besser ist doch eine gute meteorologische Beratung, damit alle sicher in den Hafen kommen. (Weitere Bilder 6-9)<\/p>\n<p>Das finden wir auch.<\/p>\n<p>Ihr M139-Team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_220\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-image-220 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_9262-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_9262-468x312.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_9262-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_9262-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 1 | The weather technician Andreas Raeke at work. (Photo: Ship&#8217;s data bank)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_199\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199\" class=\"wp-image-199 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Meteor1-468x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Meteor1-468x512.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Meteor1-768x840.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Meteor1.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 2 | Early measurements on Meteor I between 1925 and 1927. (Photo: BSH)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_201\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-image-201 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Masttop-Bugseite-mit-Beschriftung_s-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Masttop-Bugseite-mit-Beschriftung_s-468x312.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Masttop-Bugseite-mit-Beschriftung_s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Masttop-Bugseite-mit-Beschriftung_s-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 3 | Current instrument set on RV Meteor. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-image-202 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Strahlungsensorik-Mast-mit-Beschriftung_s-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Strahlungsensorik-Mast-mit-Beschriftung_s-468x312.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Strahlungsensorik-Mast-mit-Beschriftung_s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/20160716-Strahlungsensorik-Mast-mit-Beschriftung_s-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 4 | Current instrument set on RV Meteor. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_200\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-image-200 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Wettererscheinung-468x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Wettererscheinung-468x701.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Wettererscheinung.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 5 | Beautiful cloud forms near the Azores. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_218\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"wp-image-218 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2313-468x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2313-468x351.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2313-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2313-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 6 | Ice in Greenland. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-image-217 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_6647-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_6647-468x312.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_6647-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_6647-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 7 | A Halo ring around the sun. It is an optical phenomena produced by light interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_219\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219\" class=\"wp-image-219 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2993-468x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2993-468x351.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2993-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/100_2993-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 8 | Sahara sand covering instruments. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_221\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-221\" class=\"wp-image-221 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/08\/Wetterballon-Start.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"493\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 9 | A weather balloon is starting from the RV Meteor. (Photo: Andreas Raeke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear interested reader, colleagues, friends and families, you may ask why we did not report on storms up to now. It\u2019s simple, there are none. With the help of two weathermen on board in collaboration with the Deutscher Wetterdienst, we can bypass them. They give the weather consultation each day for the captain of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-sea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/m139\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}