INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33693
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6942
Start Time : 07 Sep 1972 2122 GMT Latitude : 53deg 26.5min N
End Time : 10 Oct 1972 0951 GMT Longitude : 005deg 22.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 85.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 85.00m
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 : 721/972/251
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station GE, Irish Sea.
Clock gained 35 seconds over 33 days, 19 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
OSTG Type 1, logger 41, sensor FM 4882/7
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 890s
Temperature coefficient 38.46Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 11.3degC 0.971Hz/cm
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1025.77kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.814m/s2
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The following additional documents apply to this series:
27728; Off-Shore Tide Gauge Type I
27731; I.O.S. Calibration and Data Processing of Off-Shore Tide Gauge Data
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