INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    34057                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6963     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 09 Aug 1979 0007 GMT                  Latitude  :  55deg 14.6min N
 End Time   : 27 Sep 1979 1122 GMT                  Longitude : 010deg 43.0min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   :  900.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :   2510.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :   2510.00m    
                                                                                
 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  : 795/979/221                                         
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Station K, North Channel.                                                   
    Clock gained 14 seconds over 62 days, 20 hours; the cycle interval and time 
    values have been corrected.                                                 
                                                                                
    Instrument characteristics and calibration factors                          
           Teleost Pressure Recorder, sensor DIG, serial number 282             
           Original sampling interval          15 minutes                       
           Integration period                        900s                       
           Temperature coefficient          -1.161Hz/degC                       
           Pressure sensitivity at 1.995degC  0.0106Hz/mb                       
           To convert pressure to elevation the following                       
           values should be used:                                               
           Density (from CTD casts)             1027kg/m3                       
           Gravitational acceleration constant  9.815m/s2                       
                                                                                
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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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