INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 33804
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6950
Start Time : 06 Sep 1975 1237 GMT Latitude : 50deg 49.2min N
End Time : 01 Oct 1975 0852 GMT Longitude : 010deg 55.0min W
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 172.00m
Sea Floor Depth : 172.00m
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 : 754/975/249
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station C6, South west continental shelf.
Clock gained 5 seconds over 45 days, 22.25 hours; the cycle interval and
time values have been corrected.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
OSTG Mk II, logger 02, sensor DIG 5/1
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient 0.377Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 12.0degC 0.159Hz/mb
To convert pressure to elevation the following
values should be used:
Density 1026.7219kg/m3
No CTD casts were taken, density computed from
mean surface temperatures and ICES salinity.
Gravitational acceleration constant 9.811m/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
27762; Off-Shore Tide Gauge Mark II
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