Metadata from Accession 5825

Experiment name:        NC Field
Principal Investigator: J.O.Blanton
Affiliation:            US Minerals Mngmnt Svc
Mooring name:           A2
Mooring position:       36.245 deg N,  75.207 deg W
Instrument depth:       5    meters
Seafloor depth:         35   meters
Times:                  0200 27 Feb 1992 to 1200 21 Jun 1992
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        InterOcean S4


  parameter          min     mean      max    stddev    days

speed (cm/sec)       0.20    13.50    49.30    8.36    115.46
dir (deg true)       0.20   190.61   359.53  100.73    115.46
u (cm/sec)         -29.07    -0.46    31.08    8.92    115.46
v (cm/sec)         -42.99    -1.60    49.30   13.03    115.46
temp (deg C)         7.90    11.14    20.08    2.90    115.46
salinity (mmho/cm)  30.43    33.26    34.54    0.93    115.46


The salinity series contains a short gap on 30 Apr 92.
This gap occurs where salinity shows an unrealistically
large change between two succesive deployments of the
mooring. We think this may be due to uncalibrated or
drifting sensors.

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