INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 34162
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6936
Start Time : 12 Feb 1981 1252 GMT Latitude : 07deg 55.0min N
End Time : 21 Feb 1981 1252 GMT Longitude : 081deg 34.0min E
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 1.30m
Sea Floor Depth : 1.30m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Chart reference
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 : 812/981/043
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station Passekudah, Sri Lanka.
Clock assumed correct. The instrument was deployed in a wooden box filled
with pebbles, with the pressure recorder sitting vertically in the centre.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 284
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient -2.653Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 28.194degC 0.1041Hz/mb
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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
27840; Teleost Pressure Recorder
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