INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    33982                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6977     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 30 Mar 1978 2022 GMT                  Latitude  :  50deg 33.0min N
 End Time   : 15 May 1978 0021 GMT                  Longitude : 007deg 32.0min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   :  900.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    108.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :    108.00m    
                                                                                
 Positional Uncertainty   : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles                                  
 Depth Datum              : Instantaneous                                       
                                                                                
 Project                  : IOS Celtic Sea Experiment 1978                      
                                                                                
 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  : 786/978/089                                         
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Station F, Celtic Sea.                                                      
    Clock gained 57 seconds over 70 days, 16.75 hours; the cycle  interval  and 
    time values have been corrected.                                            
                                                                                
    Instrument characteristics and calibration factors                          
           Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 281             
           Original sampling interval          15 minutes                       
           Integration period                        900s                       
           Temperature coefficient          -0.242Hz/degC                       
           Pressure sensitivity at 9.03degC  0.04271Hz/mb                       
           To convert pressure to elevation the following                       
           values should be used:                                               
           Density (from CTD casts)           1027.1kg/m3                       
           Gravitational acceleration constant  9.811m/s2                       
                                                                                
    Two current meters were also deployed on this rig.                          
                                                                                
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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
 Project Document        :   27220