Title: Commercial fisheries review
Identifier: commercialf311969united (find matches)
Year: 1946 (1940s)
Authors: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries
Subjects: Fisheries; Fish trade
Publisher: (Washington) : National Marine Fisheries Service; (for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt. Print. Off. )
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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14 Data from 5 ESSA satellites and 2 Nimbus satellites will be used to provide photos of the cloud cover. Several aircraft will obtain detailed observations of clouds, sea-surface temperature, sea state, and other observa- tions to provide "ground truth" for interpret- ing the space observations. Armada of Research Vessels Many platforms and observing systems are required to support BOMEX. The ves- sels are: the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (CGS) ships 'Oceanographer,' 'Discoverer,' 'Rainier,' and 'Mt. Mitchell*; the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) cutters 'Rockaway,' 'Laurel,' and 'Courageous'; the U.S. Navy Ship 'Gilliss'; BCF's 'Undaunted'; and The Cape Fear Tech- nical Institute's SS 'Advancell'. CGS ships will be stationed at the 4 cor- ners of the 5-degree-square experimental area; the Rockaway will be in center. Spe- cial mooring systems will be installed on these 5 vessels to anchor them at their sta- tions. It will be the first time ships of this size will be anchored in 18,000 feet for such long periods. The 'FLIP' A unique stable platform, the FLIP (Float- ing Laboratory Instrument Platform), is being made available by the U.S. Navy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography between May 2 and 29. It will be towed in its horizontal position to the southern edge of the array. There, its ballast tanks will be flooded to "flip" it to the vertical position. When the platform is fully vertical, 55 of the entire 355-foot length are above water; the other 300 feet extend well down into the "silent, motionless part of the ocean." A large variety of aircraft will provide frequent measurements close to the ocean surface and at very high altitudes. Communications and Search and Rescue will be handled by the Coast Guard. It will conduct communications experiments using satellites to test feasibility of using satellite
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'FLIP' in flipped position. (Official U.S. Navy Photo)

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