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Identifier |
irt_s_000316 |
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Title |
Aerial view of Millstone Nuclear Power Plant |
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Collection |
Aerial Infrared Radiation Thermography |
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Collection Link |
http://cdm16098.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15471coll2 |
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Collection Description |
From 1962-1970, the Laboratory conducted monthly aerial surveys using infrared radiation thermography aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Albatross aircraft to obtain synoptic monthly mappings of sea surface temperatures with the goal of associating the temperature data with aerial sighting and records of aquatic organisms along the Atlantic continental shelf. By 1969, more than 10,000 observations of fishes, turtles, and marine mammals, in addition to thousands of transect miles of surface temperature, were recorded and over 70,000 drift bottles and sea bed drifters were released. The resultant monthly sea surface temperature charts were mailed to a distribution list and published regularly in the Red Bank Register, a local newspaper. Surface temperatures were sent to Naval Fleet Weather Facility, and animal observations reported to the Naval Oceanographic Office. The project expanded its activities in later years to include experimentation with the efficacy of using helicopters in survey activities; the use of drift bottles and seabed drifters as a cooperative research project with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and surveying rivers and estuaries for a thermal pollution study for the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory. |
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Creator |
Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory
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Contributors |
This project was supported by NOAA Preserve America Initiative |
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Digitized By |
Lionel A. Walford Library, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory |
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Description |
An aerial photograph of the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant, which is located adjacent to the Niantic Bay. The photograph was taken during a Laboratory infrared radiometry aerial survey. In 1969, the Laboratory began aerial radiometry surveys of rivers and estuaries associated with the Connecticut River, Barnegat Bay, and Long Island Sound. These areas were selected, as described in Progress in Sport Fisheries Research 1969, because they were “either now exposed to thermal additions or expected to be so in the near future (pg. 170)” by local nuclear power plants. The Laboratory collected the temperature data to provide a comparison point for future thermal loading. Laboratory scientists Thomas Azarovitz, Malcolm Silverman, and Charles Morrison submitted a report detailing their Connecticut River surveys to the Technical Committee for Fishery Management of the Connecticut River. |
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Subject |
Aerial photographs
Aerial surveys
Infrared thermography
Millstone Nuclear Power Station (Waterford, Conn.)
Nuclear power plants--Environmental aspects--Connecticut River
Nuclear power plants
Water temperature
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Place |
Millstone Nuclear Power Station (Waterford, Conn.)
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Time |
May 27, 1970 |
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Type |
still image |
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Format |
jpg |
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Size |
6223871 Bytes |
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Source |
35 mm color slide, archival slide storage box, irt_s_000316, Walford Library |
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Has Part |
irt_s_000320 |
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Copyright |
Public Domain |
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Reproduction/Use Restrictions |
This item is in the public domain. While there are no restrictions on use, we would appreciate if you provided credit when you use this item to the: “U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, Highlands, NJ.” |
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Further Information |
For additional questions, contact the Lionel A. Walford Library at librarian@sh.nmfs.gov |
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Provenance |
This item is part of a collection of materials, including photographic prints, slides, and negatives, that were maintained in various locations within the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory since their origination in 1962 to 1970, and/or donated to the Library upon staff retirement. All materials are part of the Laboratory's Lionel A. Walford Library permanent collection. |
