1) The underway BT hand launching system installed by AOML on the stern of the ship resulted in failure of some XBT probes when sea water leaked into an electrical junction box during moderate seas. The sea water leakage resulted in a small reduction of resistance in the lines which the SEAS system recognizes as warmer temperatures. The temperature profiles appeared normal and the slow increase in temperature between consecutive XBTs was not noted until after the amount of sea water present became so large that the hand launcher failed to detect new probes. The launching system was moved to the mid-beam starboard side of the ship and no other problems were noted.
2) Because of moderate seas during leg 2, the TSG and CO2 systems began pumping significant amounts of air rather than sea water resulting in excessive heating of the respective pumps. To avoid additional problems the pumps were shut off until seas calmed down.
3) Some interruptions were encountered during ACCE2 with the acquisition and strorage of underway measurements due to computer network problems. Several eight hour gaps in coverage occured.