Accession No.: 2007-12

PROCESSING RECORD

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY ARCHIVES

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North Pacific Study

North Pacific Study. Bumblebee Buoy Data, 1968-1972

Physical Description: 1 Lmss

Description: There are two folders in the box. John Isaacs deployed bumblebee

buoys during North Pacific Study, 1968-1972. The data in this accession consists

of 35mm b/w film taken of each buoy’s instrument panel during deployment. Each

buoy contained instruments for continuous recording of wind speed and direction,

water temperature down to 1,500 feet, barometric pressure, and solar radiation.

Each reel of film is labeled with an NPS number, an identification of the buoy, and

notations of cruise and date. The films are in the DLU. Included are preliminary

cruise reports for some of the cruises. This raw data has never been published in

its entirety. This material was found in Seaweed canyon by Dr. Elizabeth Venrick.

The North Pacific Study was undertaken by John Isaacs and other scientists at

Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1968 to 1972. The primary objectives of

this program was to study the relationship between oceanographic and

meteorological conditions over the North Pacific Ocean, and to study the

relationship between Pacific Ocean conditions and climatic conditions over North

America.

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Cruise Reports, 1970’s

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