Metadata from CMDAC Accession 1513

Experiment name:        Vitiaz Str Trnsp (PCM15)
Principal Investigator: S.Murray
PI's affiliation:       Louisiana State Univ.
Mooring Name:           M3
Mooring position:       6.073 deg S,  147.843 deg E
Instrument depth:       598 meters
Seafloor depth:         1130 meters
Times:                  starts 26 Jul 1992, ends 17 Mar 1993
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        Aanderaa RCM


  parameter         min     mean      max       sd     days

speed (cm/sec)      1.08    31.76    66.14    12.12    234.7
dir (deg true)      4.97   304.09   359.03    27.17    234.7
u (cm/sec)        -63.50   -25.17    14.20    10.89    234.7
v (cm/sec)        -23.00    18.42    45.40     8.01    234.7
pressure (db)     603.50   627.26   673.40    12.43    234.7


There is some spikiness in the direction series of this record
that probably is due to instrument error. Most of the direction
spikes are isolated values near 269 degrees true and 290 degrees
true, indicating a tendency for the current meter's compass to
stick at these two points. CMDAC has prepared an alternate version
of the file in which many of these spikes, and a few others, have
been removed by linear interpolation.  Both the original file and
the alternate version are available on this disk.

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