EAC 32, Tioga County, December 1967

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

1967

Notes

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, on the Eastern Area Cruise 32, aboard the USS Tioga County, 1967. Materials include: surface weather observations, bird observation data sheets, and fix data sheets. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., specimen or band no., and remarks. Remarks include physical descriptions of birds (colors, size, maturity), flock size, and behavior (sitting on water, feeding, calling, etc.). Fix data sheets include: ship, date, sunrise (time, lat., long.) sunset (time, lat., long.), total miles traveled, position (time, lat., long), and course or speed change. Synoptic observations include: day, position of ship, time, total cloud amt., wind, visibility, weather, pressure, air temp., clouds, course of ship, speed of ship, 3-hour pressure tendency, significant cloud, air sea diff., sea waves, swell waves, and other information. Also included is a typed preliminary 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.145726