The CCAMLR krill synoptic survey

Times of dawn and dusk

This table shows the times of dawn and dusk. Sunrise and sunset are the times that the sun rises above or sets below the horizon. Civil dawn and civil dusk are when the sun rises above and sinks below an angle of 6° below the horizon. Nautical dawn and dusk are when the sun rises above and sinks below an angle of 12° below the horizon. For the purposes of the synoptic survey we have used civil dawn and dusk as the time to start and stop acoustic transecting. This is a compromise between maximizing the time for transecting and avoiding the major effects of night-time migration above the depth of the ship-mounted acoustic transducers. Transects SS1 - SS19 refer to those in Subarea 48.2 & 48.3. Transects AP10 - AP19 refer to those in Subarea 48.1. Transects SSA - SSB refer to those in Subarea 48.4
Transect Waypoint Date Sunrise Sunset Civil Dawn Civil Dusk Nautical Dawn Nautical Dusk
SS01 1 20-Jan 06:19 22:13 05:40 22:52 04:31 23:58
SS01 22 22-Jan 05:55 22:30 04:58 23:24 03:26 00:58
SS01 42 24-Jan 05:20 22:52 04:08 00:06 na na
SS02 1 16-Jan 06:20 22:27 05:35 23:11 04:31 00:17
SS02 22 18-Jan 05:57 22:46 05:02 23:46 03:17 01:33
SS02 43 19-Jan 05:16 23:17 03:54 00:40 na na
SS03 1 14-Jan 06:24 22:37 05:38 23:22 04:32 00:29
SS03 22 15-Jan 05:56 23:01 04:58 23:57 na na
SS03 43 17-Jan 05:19 23:32 03:52 01:01 na na
SS04 1 24-Jan 06:48 22:33 06:05 23:16 05:06 00:17
SS04 22 26-Jan 06:27 22:52 05:35 23:43 04:12 01:09
SS04 43 27-Jan 05:56 23:19 04:46 00:32 na na
SS05 1 20-Jan 06:46 22:44 06:02 23:27 05:00 00:31
SS05 22 21-Jan 06:22 23:07 05:28 00:03 03:50 01:40
SS05 43 23-Jan 05:51 23:36 04:35 00:55 na na
SS06 1 18-Jan 06:49 22:53 06:05 23:37 05:01 00:42
SS06 22 19-Jan 06:25 23:17 05:29 00:14 03:44 02:00
SS06 43 21-Jan 05:54 23:49 04:34 01:11 na na
SS07 1 28-Jan 07:17 22:50 06:36 23:31 05:39 00:30
SS07 23 30-Jan 07:00 23:10 06:10 00:03 04:52 01:20
SS07 44 31-Jan 06:35 23:38 05:29 00:48 na na
SS08 1 24-Jan 07:05 23:15 06:17 00:04 05:06 01:15
SS08 20 25-Jan 06:44 23:40 05:45 00:41 na na
SS08 38 27-Jan 06:21 00:12 04:59 01:34 na na
SS09 1 22-Jan 07:09 23:27 06:20 00:17 05:05 01:32
SS09 19 23-Jan 06:49 23:53 05:49 00:55 na na
SS09 37 24-Jan 06:23 00:30 04:55 01:57 na na
SS10 1 01-Feb 07:22 23:35 06:30 00:29 05:07 01:51
SS10 12 02-Feb 07:13 23:49 06:14 00:50 04:17 02:47
SS10 22 03-Feb 07:03 00:07 05:55 01:15 na na
AP11 1 30-Jan 07:28 00:01 06:33 00:56 04:56 02:33
AP11 8 30-Jan 07:13 00:04 06:13 01:04 na na
AP11 14 31-Jan 07:12 23:54 06:12 00:56 04:07 03:01
AP12 1 25-Jan 07:20 00:22 06:19 01:23 na na
AP12 12 25-Jan 06:54 00:30 05:41 01:43 na na
AP12 22 26-Jan 06:31 00:35 05:03 02:04 na na
AP13 1 04-Feb 07:50 00:09 06:55 01:04 05:23 02:36
AP13 10 04-Feb 07:32 00:13 06:30 01:14 04:07 03:37
AP13 19 05-Feb 07:14 00:14 06:05 01:23 na na
AP14 1 31-Jan 07:47 00:31 06:48 01:30 04:49 03:29
AP14 8 01-Feb 07:35 00:33 06:31 01:37 na na
AP14 16 01-Feb 07:19 00:38 06:06 01:51 na na
AP15 1 27-Jan 07:47 00:50 06:44 01:53 na na
AP15 9 27-Jan 07:28 00:58 06:16 02:10 na na
AP15 18 28-Jan 07:09 01:05 05:44 02:30 na na
AP16 1 06-Feb 08:20 00:32 07:26 01:27 05:56 02:56
AP16 10 06-Feb 08:03 00:38 07:02 01:39 05:08 03:33
AP16 19 07-Feb 07:49 00:41 06:40 01:50 na na
AP17 1 02-Feb 08:23 00:56 07:25 01:53 05:40 03:38
AP17 11 03-Feb 08:06 01:02 07:01 02:08 na na
AP17 21 04-Feb 07:48 01:09 06:31 02:25 na na
AP18 1 29-Jan 08:18 01:11 07:17 02:12 na na
AP18 13 30-Jan 07:55 01:22 06:42 02:36 na na
AP18 25 31-Jan 07:29 01:36 05:51 03:13 na na
AP19 1 08-Feb 08:54 00:55 08:01 01:48 06:37 03:12
AP19 15 09-Feb 08:33 01:03 07:30 02:07 05:03 04:33
AP19 29 10-Feb 08:06 01:15 06:47 02:35 na na
SSA 1 19 Jan 05:58 21:54 05:15 22:37 04:15 23:37
SSA 21 21 Jan 05:33 22:07 04:42 22:59 03:16 00:26
SSA 42 23 Jan 04:59 22:26 03:50 23:34 na na
SSB 1 26 Jan 06:18 21:51 05:37 22:32 04:41 23:28
SSB 21 25 Jan 05:48 22:09 04:58 22:59 03:38 00:21
SSB 42 23 Jan 05:05 22:36 03:54 23:46 na na
SSC 1 27 Jan 06:24 21:59 05:43 22:40 04:46 23:36
SSC 21 28 Jan 05:59 22:14 05:09 23:04 04:00 00:16
SSC 42 30 Jan 05:32 22:30 04:28 23:32 na na

Periods where the sun never goes as far as 12° below the horizon are shown by 'na' in the table


 
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