BODC FIXED STATION DOCUMENT NO.  78549                     
                                                                                
 Applies to BODC Series Ref. Nos.:  530375, 530387                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                       Site History:  Drake Passage South (SD2)                 
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     Station Name   : SD2                   Time Reference: GMT (00-23 Hours)   
     Units          : dbars                Sample Interval: Hourly              
     Contributors   : Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory,                        
                      Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead U.K.                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
     Instrument Type: Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure transducer with        
                      temperature recorded.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
     Observational  Period         Latitude          Longitude    Depth(m)      
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     13Nov1992 - 26Nov1993        60 50.99S          054 42.88W     1020        
     27Nov1993 - 21Nov1994        60 50.98S          054 42.84W     1020        
                                                                                
     Datum of the pressure measurements is not maintained from one deployment   
     to the next, depths given are approximate, pressures are relative.         
                                                                                
      	                                                                         
                                                                                
     Quality Assessment:                                                        
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     Long-term drift has been removed from the data.                            
                                                                                
           Period                             Comments                          
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     Nov 1992 - Nov 1993   Contributor recommends use of pressure channel 1.    
                           Possible problems with temperature time series,      
                           resulting in questionable fluctuations in            
                           pressure channels.                                   
     Nov 1993 - Nov 1994   None.