BIRDS EYE 1-68, 8-13 FEBRUARY 1968.

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 first mission of 1968 (BE 1-68). The manner in which these data were recorded is discussed. BIRDS EYE 1-68 observations were made u...

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Main Author: Barrett, R. M.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
(*OCEAN SURVEILLANCE
POLAR REGIONS)
(*SEA ICE
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE)
RADAR EQUIPMENT
THICKNESS
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
NAVAL AIRCRAFT
THERMOMETERS
AIRBORNE
HUMIDITY
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
INFRARED SCANNING
BAFFIN ISLAND
BAYS
MAPPING
AN/AMQ-17
BIRDS EYE PROJECT
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Greenland
Baffin
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Thule
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0838971
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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 first mission of 1968 (BE 1-68). The manner in which these data were recorded is discussed. BIRDS EYE 1-68 observations were made under daylight conditions. Ice edges were obtained by radar. Overall ice concentration in Baffin Bay was predominately eight- to ten-tenths big floe with the primary age being noted as thick winter. Sea surface temperatures were obtained with airborne radiation thermometer (ART) during this mission. Sea ice features in the approaches to Thule, Greenland, were mapped by infrared imagery. 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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