The primary daily mission of the Lucky Lady will be to collect hydrographic in Cape Cod Bay. Sampling will be both high and low resolution in Cape Cod Bay, depending on the daily mission. In addition to CTD work, the Tracor TAPS zooplankton profiler will be utilized to investigate plankton patchiness.

The figures below indicate sampling patterns for the Lucky Lady which will enable the ship to gather data for the modeling updating.

LOOPS Mass. Bay Sea Trial - Lucky Lady CTD Tracks

Sampling tracks for Lucky Lady for hydrographic work