INFORMATION FOR BODC SERIES REF. NO.    34242                  
                                                                                
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                         Sea Floor Pressure Gauge Inventory Number :   6984     
                                                                                
 Start Time : 03 Sep 1980 1337 GMT                  Latitude  :  50deg 31.0min N
 End Time   : 24 Oct 1980 1007 GMT                  Longitude : 009deg 49.0min W
                                                                                
 Nominal Cycle Interval   :  900.0 secs         Sensor Depth    :    130.00m    
                                                Sea Floor Depth :    130.00m    
                                                                                
 Positional Uncertainty   : 0.1 to 0.5 n.miles                                  
 Depth Datum              : Mean sea level                                      
                                                                                
 Project                  : IOS Celtic Sea Experiment 1980                      
                                                                                
 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  : 8011/980/247                                        
                                                                                
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 Additional information stored with the data:                                   
                                                                                
    Station K, Celtic Sea.                                                      
    Clock lost 4 seconds over 64 days, 6.5 hours; the cycle interval  and  time 
    values have been corrected.                                                 
                                                                                
    Instrument characteristics and calibration factors                          
           Aanderaa Current meter/Pressure recorder, logger 1506, DIG 4143      
           Original sampling interval          15 minutes                       
           Integration period                        900s                       
           Temperature coefficient             0.0mb/degC                       
           Pressure sensitivity at 10.08degC 0.13380Hz/mb                       
           To convert pressure to elevation the following                       
           values should be used:                                               
           Density (from CTD casts)          1026.94kg/m3                       
           Gravitational acceleration constant  9.811m/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    
  27793; Aanderaa Current Meter/Pressure Recorder                               
 Project Document        :   28542                                              
                                                                                
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