Metadata from Accession 1280

Principal Investigator: T.Joyce, P.Niiler, W.Schmitz
PI's affiliation:       WHOI
Mooring Name:           WHOI 700
Mooring position:       33.773 deg N,  151.990 deg E
Instrument depth:       478 meters
Seafloor depth:         5952 meters
Times:                  starts 14 Jul 1980, ends 18 May 1981
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        VACM


  parameter         min     mean      max       sd     days

speed (cm/sec)      0.44    27.04    55.06    10.81    308.8
dir (deg true)      0.02   208.07   359.99   100.87    308.8
u (cm/sec)        -47.85    -7.63    41.35    17.82    308.8
v (cm/sec)        -51.03     1.54    47.87    21.68    308.8
temp (deg C)        3.44     7.71    14.60     2.73    308.8
pressure (db)     500.48   567.74  1067.79    73.29    308.8


The stated depth of this meter is 261 m. However, the minimum
pressure, 316.9 db, corresponds to a depth of about 314 m. 

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