INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 34242
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6984
Start Time : 03 Sep 1980 1337 GMT Latitude : 50deg 31.0min N
End Time : 24 Oct 1980 1007 GMT Longitude : 009deg 49.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 130.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 130.00m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Mean sea level
Project : IOS Celtic Sea Experiment 1980
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 : 8011/980/247
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station K, Celtic Sea.
Clock lost 4 seconds over 64 days, 6.5 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Aanderaa Current meter/Pressure recorder, logger 1506, DIG 4143
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 0.0mb/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 10.08degC 0.13380Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1026.94kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.811m/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 : 28542
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