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 120 Folder 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Sketches
Place:
North Pacific Ocean
Date Range:
1964
Start Date:
19641207
End Date:
19641220
Abstract:
This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1964, on Northern Grid Survey 17. The Northern Grid Survey was conducted of a square section of the Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian Islands. Materials include bird observation data sheets, fix data sheets, and weather and barometric data. Bird observations data sheets include entries for time, species, #, dir., hgt., and remarks. Remarks include phase (light or dark), physical observations (color, size, some sketches of bird wing markings), and behavior (feeding, flock, etc.). Fix data sheets include entries for date, time, sunset time, position sunset, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude. 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. Also included is a typed photocopied report.
Topic:
Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Search this
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