INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    36783                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6988     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 05 Aug 1980 1159 GMT                  Latitude  :  45deg 59.1min N
 End Time   : 09 Dec 1980 1359 GMT                  Longitude : 046deg 26.7min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   : 3600.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    697.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :    697.00m    
                                                                                
 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  : B1AP0/P.DFH0                                        
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Instrument samples every hour, 28 seconds before the hour, for 56  seconds. 
    Clock  gained  6  seconds  over  123 days 2 hours 59 minutes 54 seconds; no 
    correction made.                                                            
    Instrument Characteristics                                                  
    Station B1                                                                  
    Canadian Aanderaa              (BODC Series Ref. 36783)                     
                                                                                
    Nominal sampling interval     3600secs                                      
    Integration period              56secs                                      
                                                                                
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 The following additional documents apply to this series:                       
                                                                                
  27823; Aanderaa Pressure Recorder Type TG-4A                                  
  32428; I.O.S. Data Processing of Off-Shore Pressure Recorder Data
                                                                                
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