INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    33994                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6962     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 20 Jul 1978 1422 GMT                  Latitude  :  56deg 30.0min N
 End Time   : 30 Aug 1978 0922 GMT                  Longitude : 005deg 37.0min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   :  900.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    180.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :    180.00m    
                                                                                
 Positional Uncertainty   : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles                                  
 Depth Datum              : Chart reference                                     
                                                                                
 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  : 787/978/201                                         
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Station Loch Linnhe, Scotland.                                              
    Clock lost 23 seconds over 44 days 19 hours; the cycle  interval  and  time 
    values have been corrected.                                                 
                                                                                
    Instrument characteristics and calibration factors                          
           Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor S/G, serial number 282             
           Original sampling interval          15 minutes                       
           Integration period                        900s                       
           Temperature coefficient          -0.107Hz/degC                       
           Pressure sensitivity at 12degC    0.00820Hz/mb                       
           To convert pressure to elevation the following                       
           values should be used:                                               
           Density                           no CTD casts                       
           Gravitational acceleration constant  9.816m/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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