INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    36943                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6998     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 16 Dec 1981 1100 GMT                  Latitude  :  06deg 59.6min N
 End Time   : 09 Mar 1982 0300 GMT                  Longitude : 051deg 33.3min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   : 3600.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :   3764.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :   3764.00m    
                                                                                
 Positional Uncertainty   : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles                                  
 Depth Datum              : Instantaneous                                       
                                                                                
 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  : G5DP6/SMDFH0                                        
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Clock lost 3 minutes 1 second over 80 days 23 hours 18  minutes  1  second; 
    the original cycle interval and time values have been corrected.            
    Instrument Characteristics                                                  
    Station G5                                                                  
    OSTG Mark IV no. 6 Sensors B+H3    (BODC Series Ref. 36931)                 
                               DQ8082  (BODC Series Ref. 36943)                 
                                                                                
    Nominal sampling interval      225secs                                      
    Integration period             225secs                                      
    Actual sampling interval       225.005613secs                               
                                                                                
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 The following additional documents apply to this series:                       
                                                                                
  32414; I.O.S. Mk IV Pressure Recorder
  32428; I.O.S. Data Processing of Off-Shore Pressure Recorder Data
                                                                                
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