Experiment name: ACM12 (Deep Basin) Principal Investigator: W.Zenk PI's affiliation: IFM-Kiel Mooring Name: VW/336 Mooring position: 31.203 deg S, 39.767 deg W Instrument depth: 3590 meters Seafloor depth: 3965 meters Times: starts 10 Jan 1991, ends 05 Dec 1992 Time increment: 120 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM8 parameter min mean max sd days speed (cm/sec) 0.99 6.11 16.81 3.21 695.8 dir (deg true) 0.16 248.28 359.89 119.00 695.8 u (cm/sec) -11.77 -1.54 12.16 3.18 695.8 v (cm/sec) -13.54 3.70 15.87 4.64 695.8 temp (deg C) 1.35 1.71 2.01 0.14 54.1 The speed series of this file is puzzling. It consists entirely of a sequence of constant-speed segments, most of which are 1/2 day to 2 days in length. It may be that the speed sensor failed and the PI has provided an approximation based on what was recorded. Direction, on the other hand, appears to be good. In CMDAC's opinion, speeds from this current record should be used with great caution - if at all. Both speed and direction contain a gap that extends from 9 Aug 92 to 12 Oct 92. Temperature is missing for the first 21 months of the record, and begins on 12 Oct 92, at the end of the speed and direction gap mentioned above.
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