INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 34045
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6981
Start Time : 08 Aug 1979 1507 GMT Latitude : 55deg 00.2min N
End Time : 27 Sep 1979 0607 GMT Longitude : 009deg 59.5min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 115.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 115.00m
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 : 794/979/220
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station J, North Channel.
Clock gained 21 seconds over 66 days 7 hours; the cycles interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 284
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient -0.906Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 12.46degC 0.0404Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1027.0kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.815m/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
27840; Teleost Pressure Recorder
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