no. 3609 DATA PROCESSING SEABIRDS — KING, WATSON, GOULD 



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on file at the BCF in Honolulu. The utilization of this existing 

 card format in our system saved duplication of effort and man hours 

 of work by permitting standardization of data collection and storage. 

 The codes used by the BCF and by us in this program are based 

 on number codes developed by the Hydrographic Office in Publication 

 607, "Instruction Manual for Oceanographic Observations," 1955, 

 reprinted 1959, for use by deck officers of vessels. On the environ- 

 mental punch card deck (code 03 in columns 1-2), the fields for ship's 



OBSERVERS: 



- ;'£' . ^ 



y 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



DIVISION OF BIRDS 



AT SEA DAILY LOG - E 



Date /#4U/ M 



Pg.# / 



TIME SPECIES 



Figure 4. — Bird observation data in at-sea log (above) and part of the numerical translation 

 onto the intermediate coded sheet for sighting deck. 



name 3-5, cruise number 6-9, date 10-15, time 16-19, and position 

 20-28 provide linkage with a particular group of sighting cards. 

 The following additional fields of data are found on the environment 

 card and are coded on red intermediate sheets (fig. 3) in a manner 

 analogous to that used for the sighting deck. 



Bathythermograph file number for Surface water temperature 35-37 



reference 29-31 Surface salinity 38-40 



Thermocline depth 32-34 Water temperature at 10 meters 41-43 



