NGS 18, Eastman, January 1965

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

1965

Notes

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1965, on Northern Grid Survey 18. Materials include: fix data, bird observation data, at sea daily observations summary sheets, and climatological data. Fix data sheets include date, time and position data, distance data, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., hgt., remarks, and loc. Remarks include phase (light phase or dark phase), change or course direction, and other notes. Daily observation summary sheets include abundance summary data for birds including abundance of bird groups (Shearwater-Petrel-Albatross group, Tropicbirds, etc.). Climatological data sheets include: 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 monthly report.

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.141629