INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33841
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6953
Start Time : 12 Mar 1976 0122 GMT Latitude : 59deg 19.2min N
End Time : 16 Apr 1976 2007 GMT Longitude : 000deg 15.1min E
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 135.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 135.00m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Instantaneous
Project : JONSDAP 1976
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 : 763/976/072
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station 55, Northern North Sea.
Clock lost 4 seconds over 40 days, 8 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
OSTG Mk II, logger 04, sensor VIB 1/4
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 4.6mb/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 6.29degC 0.038Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1027.717kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.819m/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
27762; Off-Shore Tide Gauge Mark II
Project Document : 12764
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