Experiment name: SCM6 (ADOX) Principal Investigator: R.Dickson PI's affiliation: CEFAS Mooring Name: 9315 Mooring position: 47.020 deg S, 54.088 deg E Instrument depth: 3200 meters Seafloor depth: 3774 meters Times: starts 09 Mar 1993, ends 03 Mar 1994 Time increment: 60 minutes Instrument type: Aanderaa RCM5 parameter min mean max sd days speed (cm/sec) 1.50 6.71 24.74 4.00 358.7 dir (deg true) 0.00 160.36 359.94 116.53 358.7 u (cm/sec) -23.95 0.90 19.44 5.35 358.7 v (cm/sec) -20.50 1.44 20.13 5.43 358.7 temp (deg C) 0.33 0.64 0.93 0.08 358.7 pressure (db) 3242.00 3262.64 3302.00 12.89 358.7 The pressure sensor drifted toward higher values during the experiment. CEFAS's comment: "The pressure sensor at the start of the series records 3242 dbar, which approximates to 3190 m. This compares to an expected depth of 3200 m ... and the difference of 10 m is well within the tolerance of sensor accuracy of 60 dbar (1% of range). The recorded values increase during the deployment, from 3242 to 3302 dbar with a modal value of 3254 dbar, but this is also within the sensor tolerance."
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