INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    36746                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6986     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 05 Aug 1980 1300 GMT                  Latitude  :  46deg 03.8min N
 End Time   : 09 Dec 1980 1200 GMT                  Longitude : 046deg 34.0min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   : 3600.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    525.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :    525.00m    
                                                                                
 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  : A1DP5/SMDFH0                                        
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Clock lost 240 seconds over 127 days 3  hours  7.5  minutes;  the  original 
    cycle interval and time values have been corrected.                         
    Instrument Characteristics                                                  
    Station A1                                                                  
    OSTG Mark IV Sensors SG1/D12   (BODC Series Ref. 36734)                     
                         DQ662     (BODC Series Ref. 36746)                     
                         DQ2622    (BODC Series Ref. 36758)                     
                                                                                
    Nominal sampling interval      225secs                                      
    Integration period             225secs                                      
    Actual sampling interval       225.001390secs                               
                                                                                
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 The following additional documents apply to this series:                       
                                                                                
  32414; I.O.S. Mk IV Pressure Recorder
  32428; I.O.S. Data Processing of Off-Shore Pressure Recorder Data
                                                                                
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