Metadata from CMDAC Accession 602

Experiment name:        Denmark Str Ovfl (ACM8)
Principal Investigator: R.Dickson
PI's affiliation:       MAFF
Mooring Name:           8807
Mooring position:       62.653 deg N,   34.515 deg W
Instrument depth:       2808 meters
Seafloor depth:         2827 meters
Times:                  starts 04 Jul 1988, ends 28 Jun 1989
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        Aanderaa RCM5


  parameter         min     mean      max       sd     days

speed (cm/sec)      1.49    10.91    33.98     6.05    359.0
dir (deg true)      0.07   210.25   359.58    67.50    359.0
u (cm/sec)        -32.27    -3.38    28.75     8.77    359.0
v (cm/sec)        -27.16    -4.70    19.29     6.73    359.0
temp (deg C)        0.43     0.95     1.40     0.17     75.2
pressure (db)    2830.00  2833.88  2837.00     0.96     92.6
cond (mmho/cm)     30.31    30.61    31.77     0.15    359.0


MAFF notes that the quality of this record was poor, and that
12% of the speeds were below threshhold - more than three times
the number recorded by the meter above this one on the same
mooring.

Temperature is available only for the first 1804 data cycles
(1714 4 Jul 88 through 2014 17 Sep 88). Pressure is available only
for the first 2223 cycles (through 0714 5 Oct 88). Conductivity
is available throughout except in cycles 4300 through 8033
(2014 30 Dec 88 through 0914 4 Jun 89).

A bath calibration for the conductivity sensor was not available.
Conductivity coefficients were derived by inserting resistance
loops into the cell aperture.

Pressure was evaluated by means of a calibration made in January
1990, about 6 months after recovery. Pressures calculated with this
calibration are in adequate agreement with the meter depth as
derived from the ship's echo sounder.

The conductivity series contains a number of spikes that appear
to have been caused by instrument failures. CMDAC has prepared an
alternate version of this record in which the spikes have been
smoothed by linear interpolation. A spikey episode on 21 and 22
Nov 89 has been excised entirely.  Both the original version of
the file and the alternate version are available at this site.

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