Metadata from Accession 5916

Experiment name:        SAZ97-8
Principal Investigator: T.Trull
Affiliation:            CSIRO
Mooring name:           SAZ98 C
Mooring position:       53.750 deg S, 141.750 deg E
Instrument depth:       820  meters
Seafloor depth:         2600 meters
Times:                  0800 23 Mar 1998 to 0700 22 Jan 1999
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        Steedman ACM2


  parameter          min     mean      max    stddev    days

speed (cm/sec)       1.10     8.52    23.00    4.42    293.08
dir (deg true)       0.95   135.23   358.98   59.42    132.58
u (cm/sec)         -12.77     4.47    20.95    5.24    106.46
v (cm/sec)         -15.27    -2.43    14.62    4.14    106.46
temp (deg C)         2.08     2.18     2.35    0.05    197.21
pressure (db)     1023.50  1025.24  1028.00    1.67    196.13


This is a problematical record, with many signs of instrument
failure. Every sensor (or the recording mechanism) failed before
the mooring was recovered.

The last good direction is at line 3182 (2100 02 Aug 1998).

The last good temperature is at line 4733 (1200 06 Oct 1998).
In addition temperature contains a gap in lines 3185 through
3354 (0000 03 Aug 1998 - 0100 10 Aug 1998).

The last good pressure is at line 4707 (1000 05 Oct 1998).
In addition pressure contains a gap in lines 3185 through
3354 (0000 03 Aug 1998 - 0100 10 Aug 1998).

Finally, speed contains four gaps. In the original record these
are regions where the instrument recorded its threshold speed
(1.1 cm/sec). We believe these episodes are most likely sensor
failures rather than accurate measurements, and according have
excised them. The four speed gaps are in lines

   2556 through 3320 (1900 07 Jul 1998 - 1500 08 Aug 1998)
   3751 through 5099 (1400 26 Aug 1998 - 1800 21 Oct 1998)
   6004 through 6157 (1100 28 Nov 1998 - 2000 04 Dec 1998)
   6843 through 6903 (1000 02 Jan 1999 - 2200 04 Jan 1999)

The last good speed is at line 7034 (0900 10 Jan 1999).

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