Experiment name: Peru Currents Study Principal Investigator: R.L.Smith Affiliation: OSU Mooring name: 5 deg S Slope Mooring position: 5.072 deg S, 81.503 deg W Instrument depth: 112 meters Seafloor depth: 1050 meters Times: 0001 09 May 1984 to 1201 23 Mar 1985 Time increment: 60 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM4/5 parameter min mean max stddev days speed (cm/sec) 0.70 15.11 95.44 12.22 318.54 dir (deg true) 0.00 179.64 359.27 94.08 318.54 u (cm/sec) -39.90 2.42 41.80 8.16 318.54 v (cm/sec) -90.60 -4.90 89.90 16.76 318.54 temp (deg C) 13.62 14.60 15.81 0.49 318.54 pressure (db) 110.80 112.12 128.30 1.36 318.54 cond (mmho/cm) 35.31 38.77 43.03 2.30 318.54 Conductivity begins at the unrealisticaly high level of 43 mmho/cm and over a period of 5 months sinks gradually to a more believable 36 mmho/cm. Obviously a sensor malfunction.
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