Miscellaneous cruises : Rockaway-Harrison

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Abstract

This item contains data from Rockaway cruise from September 3 to 14, 1969. Samples were taken at stations in the North Atlantic Ocean near the mid-Atlantic U.S. Includes an "operation order", which summarizes the objectives of the cruise. The bulk of the collection consists of data sheets recording some of the following information: IBM serial number, "opening and closing plankton tows", "Nansen bottles", ship and cruise no., station no., sample number, total no. samples, coordinates, date, local time, tow type, net in, net out, length of tow, wire angle at max depth, flowmeter reading, corrected depth range, flowmeter no., displacement vol., flowmeter calibration factor, corrected displ. vol., vol. H20 filtered, wire angle information, sky condition, sea condition, surface water temperature, BT slide data, BT temperature, remarks, comments, or observations, and observer name.

Date Range

1969

Start Date

Sep 03, 1969

End Date

Sep 14, 1969

Access Information

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Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Plankton
  • Invertebrates
  • Marine biologists
  • Marine biology

Place

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North Atlantic Ocean

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Logbooks

Accession #

SIA Acc. 09-008

Collection name

Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969

Physical Description

1 logbook

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 9 Folder 7