Metadata from Accession 1762

Experiment name:        ACM12 (Deep Basin)
Principal Investigator: W.Zenk
PI's affiliation:       IFM-Kiel
Mooring Name:           VE/338                  
Mooring position:       31.137 deg S,   39.433 deg W
Instrument depth:       720 meters
Seafloor depth:         4675 meters
Times:                  starts 12 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     9.99    32.78     5.63    693.8
dir (deg true)      0.00   212.67   359.77    98.89    693.8
u (cm/sec)        -32.75    -3.36    24.83     8.11    693.8
v (cm/sec)        -26.24     0.40    30.15     7.38    693.8
temp (deg C)        7.44     9.31    11.58     0.73    693.8
pressure (db)     689.80   727.15   822.00    22.48    693.8


During November and December 1991, pressure increases gradually
by about 45 db. This increase does not appear in the pressure
record from the current meter below this one. It most likely
is due to a drift in the sensor's response. 

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