INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33748
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6947
Start Time : 08 Sep 1973 1206 GMT Latitude : 52deg 27.1min N
End Time : 21 Oct 1973 1151 GMT Longitude : 003deg 14.5min E
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 35.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 35.00m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Instantaneous
Project : JONSDAP 1973
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 : 735/973/251
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station WE, Southern North Sea
Clock gained 6 seconds over 58 days, 23.25 hours; the cycle interval and
time values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
OSTG Mk II, logger 02, sensor VIB 1/3
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 11.3cm/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 14.9degC 0.036Hz/cm
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1025.48kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.813m/s2
Large sandwave in vicinity of OSTG position on launch.
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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 : 26423