*2014/03/13 13:41:29.83 *IOS HEADER VERSION 1.10 2011/10/26 2011/10/26 *FILE START TIME : GMT 1980/08/01 21:00:00.000 END TIME : GMT 1980/08/26 22:00:00.000 TIME INCREMENT : 0 1 0 0 0 ! (day hr min sec ms) NUMBER OF RECORDS : 602 DATA DESCRIPTION : CurrentMeter FILE TYPE : ASCII FORMAT : (f7.3,f8.2) DATA TYPE : REAL*4 NUMBER OF CHANNELS : 2 $TABLE: CHANNELS ! No Name Units Minimum Maximum !--- -------------------- --------- -------------- -------------- 1 Speed m/s 0.5E-02 0.412 2 Direction:Geog(to) degrees 5 360 $END $TABLE: CHANNEL DETAIL ! No Pad Start Width Format Type Decimal_Places !--- ------ ----- ----- ------ ---- -------------- 1 99.999 ' ' 7 F ' ' 3 2 999.99 ' ' 8 F ' ' 2 $END $REMARKS Original file name: $END *ADMINISTRATION AGENCY : CANMAR PROJECT : Beaufort Sea Drilling 1980 *LOCATION GEOGRAPHIC AREA : Beaufort Sea STATION : Orvilruk LATITUDE : 70 20.40000 N ! (deg min) LONGITUDE : 136 39.00000 W ! (deg min) WATER DEPTH : 56 *DEPLOYMENT MISSION : n/a TYPE : Ship, Explorer 4 | custom item *INSTRUMENT TYPE : HydroProducts Current Meter MODEL : 950 DEPTH : 12 $TABLE: SENSORS ! Name Abs Depth Serial No ! --------- -------------- ---------- Compass 12 ' ' Speed 12 ' ' $END $REMARKS Instrument depth in metres. $END *HISTORY $TABLE: PROGRAMS ! Name Vers Date Time Recs In Recs Out ! ----------------------- ------ ---------- -------- --------- --------- CLEAN 1.1 1996/01/08 13:12:13 602 602 CLEAN 1.1 1996/01/08 13:16:37 602 602 REMOVECH 2.0 1996/01/08 14:09:38 602 602 CHANGE_CM_CHANNEL_NAMES 1.0 2013/12/12 11:42:28 602 602 CHANGE_HEADER_INFO 1.0 2014/03/13 13:41:29 602 602 $END $REMARKS -The following CLEAN parameters were used. Reset #RECS, MIN & MAX values in header. -The following CLEAN parameters were used. Reset #RECS, MIN & MAX values in header. -The following CHANNEL(S) were removed from file. temperature $END *COMMENTS The 1980-1985 Canmar current meter data were extracted from GF3 tape #ASLGF3183001 written by R. Birch of Arctic Sciences Ltd. These current meter data have been edited, checked and processed, under a contract to COGLA (Birch, 1988. Current meter and wind data collected at CANMAR drillships 1980-1986. By Arctic Sciences Ltd., Sidney, B.C., 287 p.). The following documentation was extracted from the GF3 tape. 0 *** CURRENT METER METHODS - 1980 *** 242 0 243 0 NEARLY ALL THE CURRENT DATA FOR 1980 WERE OBTAINED USING HYDROPRODUCT 244 0 MODEL 950 CURRENT METERS. AT EACH SITE A HYDROPRODUCT METER WAS 245 0 SUSPENDED FROM THE DRILLSHIP AT A DEPTH OF 12 METERS. EACH INSTRUMENT 246 0 PROVIDED DIRECT READOUT AT SURFACE OF THE CURRENTS, WHICH WERE LOGGED 247 0 HOURLY. TORSIONALLY RIGID HYDRAULIC HOSE WAS USED SO THAT THE 248 0 ORIENTATION OF THE INSTRUMENT COULD BE FIXED AND DETERMINED AT THE 249 0 SURFACE. THE DIRECTION OF THE VANE WAS THEN MEASURED RELATIVE TO THE 250 0 'IMMOBILE' INSTRUMENT CASING. THUS THE MEASUREMENT OF CURRENT DIRECTION 251 0 WAS NOT DEPENDENT ON A COMPASS WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT, WHICH WOULD NOT BE 252 0 RELIABLE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE SHIP. 253 0 254 0 THE DIRECTIONAL ACCURACY OF THE MEASURED CURRENTS DEPENDS ON HOW WELL THE 255 0 INSTRUMENTS WERE ORIENTED FROM SURFACE. EVEN IF THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED 256 0 WITH FASTIDIOUS CARE, THE TRUE REFERENCE BEARING MAY HAVE BEEN IN ERROR 257 0 DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE CHART AND ACTUAL MAGNETIC DEVIATION VALUES. THE 258 0 LOCAL MAGNETIC DEVIATION, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUE AND MAGNETIC NORTH, 259 0 HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE A DAILY RANGE ON THE ORDER OF 5 DEGREES, AND MAY 260 0 DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THAT SHOWN ON THE CHART (STEEN, PERS. COMM.). 261 0 262 0 DUE TO THESE FACTORS, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CURRENT DIRECTION DATA 263 0 OBTAINED WITH THE HYDROPRODUCT METERS MAY BE IN ERROR BY AS MUCH AS 30 264 0 DEGREES. 265 0 266 0 ERRORS MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE SHIP AND 267 0 THE BLOWOUT PREVENTER (BOP). THE EXPLORER DRILLSHIPS HAVE DRAFTS ON THE 268 0 ORDER OF 6 TO 7 METERS (TABLE 2-1), AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE CURRENTS AT 269 0 THE 12M INSTRUMENT DEPTH MAY HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT. DRILLSHIPS WERE 270 0 GENERALLY ORIENTED TO HEADINGS OF EITHER 300 OR 120 DEGREES, SO A 271 0 PREFERENTIAL FLOW ALONG THIS AXIS MAY INDICATE INTERFERENCE FROM THE 272 0 DRILLSHIP. THE BOP AND WELLHEAD ON THE SEA FLOOR MAY ALSO ALTER THE FLOW 273 0 PATTERN IN THE AREA OF THE DRILLSHIP. 274 0 275 0 MOTION OF THE DRILLSHIP IS TRANSFERRED TO THE CURRENT METERS DUE TO THE 276 0 RIGID COUPLING. THIS WAS KNOWN TO HAVE RESULTED IN ERRONEOUS DATA 277 0 PARTICLARLY WHEN SEAS WERE MOST ROUGH, GENERALLY DURING LATE-SUMMER AND 278 0 FALL. IN 1980 HEAVY ICE HELPED KEEP THE SEAS RELATIVELY CALM AND THE 279 0 SHIP MOTION WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT. 280 0 281 0 A MARSH MCBIRNEY ELECTROMAGNETIC CURRENT METER WAS DEPLOYED FOR A SHORT 282 0 PERIOD AT THE ORVILRUK SITE USING THE SAME MOORING METHOD. 283 November 11, 2003 ----------------- Longitude Hemisphere changed from East to West. !--1--- ---2--- !Speed Directi ! on: ! 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