INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    36955                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6999     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 17 Jun 1981 0000 GMT                  Latitude  :  26deg 18.0min S
 End Time   : 17 Jul 1981 0500 GMT                  Longitude : 047deg 30.6min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   : 3600.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :     74.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :     74.00m    
                                                                                
 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  : PASP5/DFSMH0                                        
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Clock lost 29 seconds over 62 days  0  hours  0  minutes  29  seconds;  the 
    original cycle interval and time values have been corrected.                
    Instrument Characteristics                                                  
    Station PA                                                                  
    OSTG Mark I  Sensors SG1/12A   (BODC Series Ref. 36955)                     
                         SG1/16    (BODC Series Ref. 36967)                     
                                                                                
    Nominal sampling interval      900secs                                      
    Integration period             890secs                                      
    Actual sampling interval       15.000162mins                                
                                                                                
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 The following additional documents apply to this series:                       
                                                                                
  27728; Off-Shore Tide Gauge Type I                   
  32428; I.O.S. Data Processing of Off-Shore Pressure Recorder Data
                                                                                
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