Title
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
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