Principal Investigator: J.Church PI's affiliation: CSIRO Mooring Name: Tas913 Mooring position: 30.057 deg S, 153.562 deg E Instrument depth: 250 meters Seafloor depth: 700 meters Times: starts 17 Nov 1991, ends 04 Jan 1992 Time increment: 60 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM4 parameter min mean max sd days speed (cm/sec) 1.60 8.05 33.40 5.08 48.2 dir (deg true) 0.16 167.19 359.05 105.16 48.2 u (cm/sec) -18.55 2.40 33.15 8.20 48.2 v (cm/sec) -11.80 0.41 14.25 4.16 48.2 temp (deg C) 10.43 12.18 14.58 0.95 48.2 pressure (db) 291.00 296.92 327.00 8.27 48.2 The nominal depth of this instrument is given as 250 meters. However, the pressure record indicates that the actual depth of the instrument was closer to 290 meters. This is confirmed by pressure records from other current meters on the mooring, which also indicate depths about 40 meters greater than the given depths.
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