INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33982
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6977
Start Time : 30 Mar 1978 2022 GMT Latitude : 50deg 33.0min N
End Time : 15 May 1978 0021 GMT Longitude : 007deg 32.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 108.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 108.00m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Instantaneous
Project : IOS Celtic Sea Experiment 1978
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 : 786/978/089
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station F, Celtic Sea.
Clock gained 57 seconds over 70 days, 16.75 hours; the cycle interval and
time values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 281
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient -0.242Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 9.03degC 0.04271Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1027.1kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.811m/s2
Two current meters were also deployed on this rig.
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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
Project Document : 27220