Metadata from Accession 5502


Experiment name:        EQCM
Principal Investigator: V.S.N.Murty
Affiliation:            Natl Inst Oc (India)
Mooring name:           EQCM3
Mooring position:        0.064 deg S,  75.989 deg E
Instrument depth:       823.0 meters
Seafloor depth:         4301 meters
Times:                  1800 20 Mar 2002 to 1200 30 May 2003
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        RCM7


  parameter          min     mean      max    stddev    days

speed (cm/sec)       0.71    14.49    55.67    8.68    435.79
dir (deg true)       0.97   181.06   359.05   92.11    435.79
u (cm/sec)         -36.00     0.16    55.50   15.52    435.79
v (cm/sec)         -22.66    -0.94    26.92    6.60    435.79
temp (deg C)         6.16     7.86     8.76    0.36    435.79
depth (m)          797.73   822.00  1038.32   37.36    435.79
salinity (PSU)      34.92    35.05    35.16    0.04    435.79


Speed and direction contain many short gaps that appear to be instances
where current speed was below the sensor's stall speed. A particularly
long gap can be found in lines 9893 (2200 06 May 2003) through 9958
(1600 09 May 2003).

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