INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO. 34150
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Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number : 6935
Start Time : 13 Feb 1981 0722 GMT Latitude : 07deg 24.8min N
End Time : 21 Feb 1981 0937 GMT Longitude : 081deg 50.8min E
Nominal Cycle Interval : 900.0 secs Sensor Depth : 1.40m
Sea Floor Depth : 1.40m
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 : 811/981/044
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Additional information stored with the data:
Station Kalmunai, Sri Lanka.
Clock assumed correct. The instrument was deployed in a wooden box filled
with pebbles, with the pressure recorder sitting vertically in the centre.
Instrument characteristics and calibration factors
Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 281
Original sampling interval 15 minutes
Integration period 900s
Temperature coefficient -0.482Hz/degC
Pressure sensitivity at 26.734degC 0.3215Hz/mb
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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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