INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 34057
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6963
Start Time : 09 Aug 1979 0007 GMT Latitude : 55deg 14.6min N
End Time : 27 Sep 1979 1122 GMT Longitude : 010deg 43.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 2510.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 2510.00m
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 : 795/979/221
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station K, North Channel.
Clock gained 14 seconds over 62 days, 20 hours; the cycle interval and time
values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 282
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient -1.161Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 1.995degC 0.0106Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1027kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.815m/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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