INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33865
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6955
Start Time : 16 Mar 1977 1924 GMT Latitude : 53deg 46.0min N
End Time : 17 Apr 1977 1034 GMT Longitude : 003deg 43.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 600.0 secs Sensor Depth : 41.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 41.00m
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 : 771/977/075
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station 10, Irish Sea.
Clock gained 18 seconds over 60 days, 22 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Aanderaa Current meter/Pressure recorder, logger 1747, sensor DIG 5/2
Original sampling interval 10 minutes
Integration period 600s
No temperature correction made
Pressure sensitivity at 8degC 6.68 mb/Hz
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1026.379kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.814m/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
27793; Aanderaa Current Meter/Pressure Recorder
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