Principal Investigator: W.D.Nowlin, R.D.Pillsbury, B.Warren, T.Whitworth PI's affiliation: OSU, TAMU, WHOI Mooring Name: Kiwi 18 Mooring position: 32.481 deg S, 169.680 deg W Instrument depth: 2495 meters Seafloor depth: 5607 meters Times: starts 07 Feb 1991, ends 12 Feb 1991 Time increment: 30 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM8 parameter min mean max sd days speed (cm/sec) 0.93 3.15 6.59 1.72 5.6 dir (deg true) 1.00 185.83 358.99 110.48 5.6 u (cm/sec) -5.62 0.17 6.59 2.49 5.6 v (cm/sec) -6.28 0.11 5.19 2.59 5.6 temp (deg C) 1.99 2.02 2.04 0.01 5.6 pressure (db) 2494.96 2498.71 2502.42 2.03 5.6 Approximately 30% of the speeds in this record were at or below the current meter's threshold (1.86 cm/sec). They have been set to half the threshold value. The instrument flooded after only 5.6 days in situ.
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