National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 112 Folder 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
North Pacific Ocean
Date Range:
1964
Start Date:
19640203
End Date:
19640407
Abstract:
This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1964, on Southern Island Cruise 4 in the Pacific Ocean. Materials include at sea daily observations summary, fix data, and other information. Handwritten at sea observations include time, number (possibly quantity), wind direction (?), and remarks. Some observations also include date, and weather. Remarks include bird species, and other observations. Additional data sheets recorded time, lat., long., pres wea, vis, slp, dry b, wet b, dew pt, hum%, tl sky, opa sky, waves, sea temp, wind s, wind d, course, speed. Fix data sheets include entries for date, time, sunset time, position sunset, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude.
Topic:
Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Search this
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