Vema cruise 24 data sheets, January 1967-December 1967 Search this
Collection name:
Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969
Physical Description:
1 logbook
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 4 Folder 8
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Date Range:
1967
Start Date:
19670415
End Date:
19670520
Abstract:
This item is part 2 of a 5 part unbound logbook from Vema 24, to November 1967. Part 2 covers cruise information taking place between April 15 to May 20, 1967. Summary of route: The cruise begins at around 20°n, 165°e in the North Pacific Ocean and stops at various points in the North Pacific between the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines, going south and east at first, then back north and west, ending in the Philippine Sea at around 18°n, 131°e. Detailed logs include the following sample data: ship-cruise, ship station, sample and number of samples, coordinates, date, local start and finish time, duration, wire angle, TDR no., corrected depth range, type tow, opening-closing, sampler type, ship speed, TSK flowmeter no. and reading, temperature, salinity. Logs also include the following environmental data: surface water temp., air temp., sky conditions, cloud cover, sea conditions, wave height, wind speed, water transparency, BT slide info, BS slide info, Hydro station no. and type, surface salinity sample no., core no., depth to bottom, other sample information, comments (successful tow? If not, why?), observer name. The back (verso) of the detailed logs record the following: Ship station, sample no., vol. H20 filtered, flowmeter calibration factor, displacement vol., wire angle data, hydro station data (depth, temp., salinity). Some detailed logs sheets include time-depth recorders (made by Benthos, Inc), which are approximately 3 inches in diameter. Each of these has a date, time, coordinates, ship name, recorder number, (and a place to record calibration).
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