Principal Investigator: T.Chereskin, P.Niiler PI's affiliation: Scripps Inst Oc Mooring Name: ON (RSMAS 305) Mooring position: 37.215 deg N, 127.618 deg W Instrument depth: 301 meters Seafloor depth: 4742 meters Times: starts 10 Aug 1992, ends 29 Jan 1994 Time increment: 120 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM8 parameter min mean max sd days speed (cm/sec) 1.49 9.21 33.78 5.53 537.3 dir (deg true) 0.16 156.58 359.87 104.90 537.3 u (cm/sec) -15.63 2.73 30.62 6.28 537.3 v (cm/sec) -28.62 0.55 28.05 8.26 537.3 temp (deg C) 6.10 7.23 9.28 0.63 537.3 pressure (db) 291.60 296.99 323.20 4.18 537.3 At 0600 9 May 93 speed drops abruptly from about 20 cm/sec to the threshold value. This may have been caused by a failure of the current meter's rotorcounter (or it may be real).
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