Conrad cruise 10, December 1965-August 1966 Search this
Collection name:
Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969
Physical Description:
1 logbook
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 6 Folder 2
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
Coral Sea
South Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Solomon Sea
Pacific Ocean
Date Range:
1966
Start Date:
19660216
End Date:
19660503
Abstract:
This item is part 2 of a 3 part unbound logbook contains detailed data from Conrad cruise 10 from December 1965-August 1966. Part 2 contains cruise information from February 16 to May 03, 1966. Summary of route: Starting point 6°n 111°w in the North Pacific Ocean. They sail west across the Pacific stopping at various points in the North and South Pacific Ocean and into the Coral Sea, then north into the Solomon Sea. Detailed data log sheets record the following information: 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 no., BT temperatures, hydro station data, surface salinity, core no., secchi disk, comments (successful? If not why?), observer name. The back (verso) of some these forms records BT slide information. Also included are "multiple opening and closing plankton tows" data sheets.
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