INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 34266
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6965
Start Time : 30 Aug 1980 2137 GMT Latitude : 51deg 08.4min N
End Time : 25 Oct 1980 0607 GMT Longitude : 009deg 47.8min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 117.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 117.00m
Positional Uncertainty : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles
Depth Datum : Instantaneous
Project : IOS Celtic Sea Experiment 1980
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 : 8013/980/243
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station M, Celtic Sea.
Clock gained 16 seconds over 63 days, 22.5 hours; the cycle interval and
time values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 287
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 0.0mb/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 8.911degC 0.12518Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density (from CTD casts) 1026.90kg/m3
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.812m/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
Project Document : 28542
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