INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    34021                  

                                                                                

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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6979     

                                                                                

 Start Time : 05 Aug 1979 0914 GMT                  Latitude  :  54deg 57.7min N

 End Time   : 22 Sep 1979 0944 GMT                  Longitude : 005deg 35.7min W

                                                                                

 Nominal Cycle Interval   :  900.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    157.00m    

                                                Sea Floor Depth :    157.00m    

                                                                                

 Positional Uncertainty   : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles                                  

 Depth Datum              : Instantaneous                                       

                                                                                

 Project                  : IOS North Channel Experiment 1979                   

                                                                                

 Data Category            : Offshore sea floor pressure series                  

 Instrument Type          : Tide gauge (unspecified)                            

 Instrument Mounting      : Sea floor - fixed                                   

 Originator Laboratory    : Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston, UK      

 Originator's Identifier  : 792/979/217                                         

                                                                                

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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   

                                                                                

    Station B, North Channel.                                                   

    Clock gained 4 seconds over 54 days 5 hours; the cycle  interval  and  time 

    values have been corrected.                                                 

                                                                                

    Instrument characteristics and calibration factors                          

           Aanderaa Pressure Recorder Type TG-2A, serial number 64              

           Original sampling interval          15 minutes                       

           Integration period                        100s                       

           No temperature correction made                                       

           Pressure sensitivity            6.110counts/mb                       

                                           (at 11.66degC)                       

           To convert pressure to elevation the following                       

           values should be used:                                               

           Density (from CTD casts)           1026.1kg/m3                       

           Gravitational acceleration constant  9.815m/s2                       

                                                                                

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 The following additional documents apply to this series:                       

                                                                                

  27731; I.O.S. Calibration and Data Processing of Off-Shore Tide Gauge Data    

  27806; Aanderaa Pressure Recorder Type TG-2A and WLR-5                        

 Project Document        :   27217                                              

                                                                                

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