BIRDS EYE 3-67.

Data collected by ice observers from the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office on polar research flights known as BIRDS EYE missions are contained in this report covering the third mission of 1967 (BE 3-67). The manner in which these data were recorded is discussed. The overall effectiveness of the missio...

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Main Author: Boeger, A. C.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*ISLANDS
NAVAL RESEARCH)
ARCTIC REGIONS
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
RADAR NAVIGATION
PLOTTING BOARDS
HUMIDITY
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA
VISUAL INSPECTION
MELTING POINT
SEA ICE
SEA WATER
POLAR REGIONS
FREEZING
INSTRUMENTATION
OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT
NAVAL AIRCRAFT
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
AN/AMQ-17
*BIRDS EYE PROJECT
Arctic
M'Clure Strait
Arctic Basin
Banks Island
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0824547
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0824547
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Summary:Data collected by ice observers from the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office on polar research flights known as BIRDS EYE missions are contained in this report covering the third mission of 1967 (BE 3-67). The manner in which these data were recorded is discussed. The overall effectiveness of the mission is included in an evaluation table. BIRDS EYE 3-67 observations were made under daylight conditions. Ice boundaries were obtained by radar. One ice island which had been under surveillance during past BIRDS EYE missions was located north and slightly west of Banks Island in M'Clure Strait by radar and photographed. Overall ice concentration in the Arctic Basin was predominately nine- to ten-tenths vast floe with the primary age being noted as arctic pack. The aircraft is a specially configured Super Constellation manned by Air Development Squadron Eight (VX-8) based at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. (Author)

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