Metadata from CMDAC Accession 1762

Experiment name:        Deep Basin (ACM12)

Principal Investigator: W.Zenk

PI's affiliation:       IFM-Kiel

Mooring Name:           VE/338

Mooring position:       31.137 deg S,   39.433 deg W

Instrument depth:       720 meters

Seafloor depth:         4675 meters

Times:                  starts 12 Jan 1991, ends 05 Dec 1992

Time increment:         120 minutes

Instrument type:        Aanderaa RCM8



  parameter         min     mean      max       sd     days

speed (cm/sec)      0.99     9.84    32.78     5.69    693.8

dir (deg true)      0.00   212.67   359.77    98.89    693.8

u (cm/sec)        -32.75    -3.34    24.83     8.03    693.8

v (cm/sec)        -26.24     0.43    30.15     7.31    693.8

temp (deg C)        7.44     9.31    11.58     0.73    693.8

pressure (db)     689.80   727.14   822.00    22.48    693.8



Approximately 8% of the speeds registered by this current meter

were below the instrument's threshold, and have been set to 1 cm/sec.

There is a 4-day episode of very low speeds during 26 - 30 Aug 91

that has the appearance of a rotorcounter failure. Another 10-day

episode during 19 - 29 Sep 92 may also represent a rotorcounter

failure. In neither case is it certain.

During November and December 1991, pressure increases gradually

by about 45 db. This increase does not appear in the pressure

record from the current meter below this one. It most likely is

due to a drift in the sensor's response.

Move up one level.

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