INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33853
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6954
Start Time : 14 Mar 1976 1552 GMT Latitude : 59deg 19.5min N
End Time : 17 Apr 1976 0652 GMT Longitude : 002deg 46.7min E
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 119.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 119.00m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Instantaneous
Project : JONSDAP 1976
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 : 764/976/074
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station 56, Northern North Sea
Clock gained 6 seconds over 36 days, 16 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
OSTG Mk II, logger 01, sensor VIB 1/1
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 1.7mb/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 6.34degC 0.037Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1028.623kg/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
Project Document : 12764
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