NGS 1, Eastman, August 1963

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: SIA RU000245

By

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1963

Notes

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1963, on Northern Grid Survey 1. The Northern Grid Survey was conducted of a square section of the Pacific Ocean. Materials include weather observations, hourly position recordings, and bird observations. Weather observation data sheets list: time, station pressure, dry/wet bulb (degrees F), re. humid (%), total sky cover, "clouds and obscuring phenomena", total opaque sky cover, sea water temperature, and waves. Some recordings include position, course, visibility, sea level pressure, temperature, dew point, and wind direction and speed. Also included are hourly recordings of position, that list time and geographic coordinates. Bird observations sheets include data recorded for time, species, and remarks. Remarks are on number, behavior, direction of flight, and other observations.

Subjects

Field notes , North Pacific Ocean , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141080