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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