Experiment name: Peru Currents Study Principal Investigator: R.L.Smith Affiliation: OSU Mooring name: 85 deg West Mooring position: 4.203 deg S, 84.053 deg W Instrument depth: 107 meters Seafloor depth: 3477 meters Times: 2329 18 Nov 1983 to 1129 11 May 1984 Time increment: 60 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM4/5 parameter min mean max stddev days speed (cm/sec) 0.61 7.28 29.10 4.25 174.54 dir (deg true) 0.00 155.68 359.26 91.65 174.54 u (cm/sec) -15.90 1.81 25.20 5.71 174.54 v (cm/sec) -19.90 -1.29 21.30 5.78 174.54 temp (deg C) 13.79 14.38 15.45 0.24 174.54 pressure (db) 103.90 108.70 122.00 2.86 174.54 The pressure sensor appears to have drifted lower during the first month, starting off about 15 db higher than its eventual level. (This is seen in the pressure traces from many of the instruments in this experiment.)
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