INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    34008                  

                                                                                

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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6978     

                                                                                

 Start Time : 12 Aug 1979 1534 GMT                  Latitude  :  55deg 51.6min N

 End Time   : 23 Sep 1979 0819 GMT                  Longitude : 005deg 44.5min W

                                                                                

 Nominal Cycle Interval   :  900.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    104.00m    

                                                Sea Floor Depth :    104.00m    

                                                                                

 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  : 791/979/224                                         

                                                                                

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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   

                                                                                

    Station D, North Channel.                                                   

    Clock gained 5 seconds over 67 days, 20.5 hours;  the  cycle  interval  and 

    time values have been corrected.                                            

                                                                                

    Instrument characteristics and calibration factors                          

    Aanderaa Current meter/Pressure recorder, logger 1750, sensor DIG 4132      

           Original sampling interval          15 minutes                       

           Integration period                        900s                       

           No temperature correction made                                       

           Pressure sensitivity at 15.88degC   0.123Hz/mb                       

           To convert pressure to elevation the following                       

           values should be used:                                               

           Density (from CTD casts)           1025.9kg/m3                       

           Gravitational acceleration constant  9.816m/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    

  27793; Aanderaa Current Meter/Pressure Recorder                               

 Project Document        :   27217                                              

                                                                                

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