internal ID number                      0053
transmission ID number                  40950
transmission type                       ARGOS
instrument type                         APEX_TS25
ARGOS program number                    02528
WMO ID number                           2901162
WMO instrument type (table 1770)        846
WMO recorder type (table 4770)          60
start time [dd mm yyyy hh mm (Z)]       29 05 2008 20 30
status of start time                    as recorded
launch time [dd mm yyyy hh mm (Z)]      29 05 2008 21 30
status of launch time                   as recorded
launch position [lat latm lon lonm]     20. 44. 150. 19.5 
status of launch position               as recorded
delay of first down time [hours]        6
down time [days]                        9.0417
up time [hours]                         23
transmission repetition rate [sec]      42
clock drift [hours/hours]               0
last cycle                              n/a
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calib eq 1 for salinity                 sslope*cnts+soff
calib coef for salinity                 SSLOPE=0.001; SOFF=0.0;
calib eq 1 for temperature              tslope*cnts+toff
calib coef for temperature              TSLOPE=0.001; TOFF=0.0;
calib eq 1 for pressure                 pslope*cnts+poff
calib coef for pressure                 PSLOPE=0.1; POFF=0.0;
calib eq 1 for voltage                  vslope*cnts+voff
calib coef for voltage                  VSLOPE=0.1; VOFF=0.4;
calib eq 1 for vacuum                   vacslope*cnts+vacoff
calib coef for vacuum                   VACSLOPE=-0.209; VACOFF=26.23;
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conductivity calibration date           06 11 2007
temperature calibration date            06 11 2007
pressure calibration date               29 10 2007
float manufacturer                      Webb
float serial number                     3703
PI                                      JIANPING XU & JIANHUA ZHANG
principal investigator address          SIO/SOA,Hangzhou & NMEFC/SOA,Beijing
originating country                     CHINA
float deployer                          Zhou PeiFeng
float deployer address                  SIO/SOA,Hangzhou
deployment type                         R/V
deployment platform                     DaYang#1
deployment cruise id                    DY115-20
profile at deployment                   n/a
nominal drift pressure [dbar]           1000
cycles for drift pressure               1
nominal profile pressure [dbar]         2000
cycles for profile pressure             1
Profile Sampling Method                 discrete
pump type                               260ml
conductivity sensor type                SBE41
conductivity sensor accuracy            0.005
conductivity sensor resolution          0.001
conductivity sensor manufacturer        SBE
conductivity sensor serial number       3763
temperature sensor type                 SBE41
temperature sensor accuracy             0.002
temperature sensor resolution           0.001
temperature sensor manufacturer         SBE
temperature sensor serial number        3763
pressure sensor type                    2900 psia
pressure sensor accuracy                2.4
pressure sensor resolution              0.1
pressure sensor manufacturer            Druck
pressure sensor serial number           2479912
battery type                            Alkaline
initial battery voltage [volts]         15.6
Board type                              APF-8C
Board serial number                     3705
ROM version                             101805
comment                                 n/a