NGS 24, Shearwater, August 1965
date: label: Date Range
content: 1965
label: Start Date
content: 19650802
label: End Date
content: 19650825
notes: label: Abstract
content: This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1965, on Northern Grid Survey 24 aboard the U.S.N.S. Shearwater. The Northern Grid Survey covered a fixed grid in the Pacific Ocean, to the south of the main Hawaiian Islands. Materials include: bird observation data, fix data, and climatological data. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., hgt., remarks, and loc. Remarks include phase (light phase or dark phase), behavior (circling, feeding, etc.), and other notes. Fix data sheets include date, time and position data, distance data, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude. 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 preliminary report.
place: label: Place
content: North Pacific Ocean
topic: label: Topic
content: Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
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content: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
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content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU000245
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 124 Folder 5