SIC 13/NGS 30, Shearwater, March-May 1966

Title Variants

Alternative: Shearwater part III

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

1966

Notes

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1966, on Southern Island Cruise 13 and Northern Grid Survey 30. Materials include: bird observation sheets, fix data sheets, and climatological data sheets. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., hgt., remarks, and noon position. Remarks include physical descriptions of birds (colors, size, maturity), flock size, and behavior (sitting on water, feeding, etc.). Fix data sheets include date, time and position data, distance data, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude. Climatological data includes 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 are typed preliminary reports.

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.142137