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March 22, 2021
Team arrivals
By Marc Simard
Andre Rovai (Louisiana State U.) installs water level and salinity gauges within the marshes (in Delta-X Intensive Sites 399 and 322)
The campaign is starting to get underway as teams arrive:
- AirSWOT arrived at Lake Front Airport in New Orleans.
- All field teams have arrived in Louisiana: The Channel/Water Quality Team (Boston U.) arrived in Morgan City yesterday. The Island Team (Caltech) arrived this afternoon.
- The Vegetation Team (from Florida International U. and Louisiana State U.) finished sampling of vegetation and soil cores, collected feldspar and installed 4 water level and salinity gauges.
Edward Castañeda (Florida International U.) measures a soil core
Thunderstorms are in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday 3/23–3/24. Field work will continue when conditions improve, and we look on track for radar flights on either Friday or Saturday.