Experiment name: Peru Currents Study Principal Investigator: R.L.Smith Affiliation: OSU Mooring name: 10 deg S Outer Slope Mooring position: 10.237 deg S, 79.470 deg W Instrument depth: 404 meters Seafloor depth: 2061 meters Times: 2134 21 Nov 1981 to 1704 16 Mar 1982 Time increment: 30 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM5 parameter min mean max stddev days speed (cm/sec) 0.50 7.21 37.56 5.25 114.83 dir (deg true) 0.00 208.37 359.36 104.85 114.83 u (cm/sec) -29.90 -1.41 16.60 5.94 114.83 v (cm/sec) -16.60 1.55 32.80 6.31 114.83 temp (deg C) 8.71 9.84 11.00 0.44 114.83 pressure (db) 407.70 416.94 445.80 7.14 114.83 The pressure record displays a slow decrease of about 30 db over the first several weeks, which probably is due to sensor drift.
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