BODC PROJECT DOCUMENT NO. 33549 Applies to BODC Series Ref. Nos.: 47209, 47210, 47222, 47234, 47246, 47258, 47271, 47283, 47295, 47302, 47314, 47326, 47338, 47351, 47363, 47375, 47387, 47399, 47406 Continental Slope Experiment (CONSLEX) The Continental Slope Experiment (CONSLEX) was a collaborative exercise between the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Scottish Marine Biological Association, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food designed to study water movements across the Scottish continental slope. The experiment ran from August/September 1982 to February/March 1983. The deployments, mainly current meter moorings, were made along a set of lines defined thus: Line Position Number of moorings P 51 41N,15 26W to 51 41N,14 55W 4 A 57 18N,09 53W to 57 23N,08 30W 9 B 58 11N,09 57W to 57 57N,08 50W 7 C 59 11N,07 43W to 59 00N,07 22W 6 D 59 46N,06 16W to 59 37N,05 58W 4 E 60 31N,05 00W to 60 05N,04 29W 5 F 61 27N,02 13W to 61 08N,01 33W 6 G 63 07N,00 00W to 61 30N,00 00W 6 Bottom-mounted pressure gauges were deployed at either end of lines A-G and four temporary tide gauges were installed from Sligo (Eire) to Shetland. The current meter temperature sensors were supplemented by three thermistor chain deployments.