INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33773
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6973
Start Time : 01 Nov 1974 1152 GMT Latitude : 59deg 17.8min N
End Time : 14 Dec 1974 0737 GMT Longitude : 000deg 03.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 145.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 145.00m
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 : 743/974/305
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station E, North Sea.
Clock lost 14 seconds over 77 days, 23 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
OSTG Mk II, logger 04, sensor OAR 4/2
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 0.148Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 8.0degC 0.043Hz/cm
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1027.443kg/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
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