Experiment name: Fram Strait Principal Investigator: G.Rohardt Affiliation: Alfred Wegener Inst. Mooring name: F12-1 Mooring position: 78.997 deg N, 4.228 deg W Instrument depth: 285 meters Seafloor depth: 1856 meters Times: 1900 27 Aug 1997 to 0900 02 Sep 1998 Time increment: 60 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM parameter min mean max stddev days speed (cm/sec) 0.00 6.75 42.07 6.28 370.63 dir (deg true) 0.20 183.64 359.90 75.60 370.63 u (cm/sec) -35.33 -0.45 29.61 5.40 370.63 v (cm/sec) -41.56 -3.61 24.62 6.53 370.63 temp (deg C) 0.36 1.27 2.91 0.40 370.63 pressure (db) 286.90 288.21 329.70 2.49 370.63 salinity (psu) 34.67 34.94 35.14 0.05 370.63 This record contains long stretches of zero speeds in late August 1998, which may indicate either below threshold currents or a sticky rotor. Direction is defined and present during these episodes.
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