Metadata from Accession 5473


Experiment name:        EQCM
Principal Investigator: VSN Murty
Affiliation:            Natl Inst Oc (India)
Mooring name:           EQCM1
Mooring position:        0.004 deg N,  93.016 deg E
Instrument depth:       1969 meters
Seafloor depth:         4505 meters
Times:                  1300 23 Dec 2000 to 1400 04 Mar 2002
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        RCM8


  parameter          min     mean      max    stddev    days

speed (cm/sec)       1.38     7.16    24.93    3.85    436.08
dir (deg true)       0.99   192.23   359.18  104.59    436.08
u (cm/sec)         -16.24    -0.92    13.87    4.99    436.08
v (cm/sec)         -21.12    -0.15    20.27    6.18    436.08
temp (deg C)         2.47     2.75     3.08    0.09    436.08
depth (m)         1968.70  1968.70  1968.70    0.00    436.08
salinity (PSU)      34.96    35.80    35.92    0.11    436.08


Speed and direction contain many, many gaps that appear to be instances
where current speed was below the sensor's stall speed.

Depth is constant (no variation whatsoever) at 1968.7 meters, which is
not quite believable.

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