internal ID number                      01
transmission ID number                  08173
transmission type                       ARGOS
instrument type                         APEX_TS8                      
ARGOS program number                    02528
WMO ID number                           5900019
WMO instrument type (table 1770)        846
WMO recorder type (table 4770)          60
start time [dd mm yyyy hh mm (Z)]       19 10 2002 21 30
status of start time                    n/a
launch time [dd mm yyyy hh mm (Z)]      20 10 2002 00 55
status of launch time                   n/a
launch position [lat latm lon lonm]     22. 01. 129. 27.
status of launch position               n/a
delay of first down time [hours]        06
down time [days]                        10.
up time [hours]                         13.
transmission repetition rate [sec]      60
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=0.233; VACOFF=-29.89;
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conductivity calibration date           20 04 2000
temperature calibration date            20 04 2000
pressure calibration date               15 03 2000
float manufacturer                      Webb
float serial number                     801
PI                                      Jianping Xu
principal investigator address          SIO,Hangzhou
originating country                     CHINA
float deployer                          Zenghong Liu
float deployer address                  SIO, Hangzhou
deployment type                         R/V
deployment platform                     Xiangyanghong14
deployment cruise id                    2002-10
profile at deployment                   n/a
nominal drift pressure [dbar]           1500
cycles for drift pressure               1
nominal profile pressure [dbar]         1500
cycles for profile pressure             1
pump type                               260ml
conductivity sensor type                SBE41
conductivity sensor manufacturer        SBE                            
conductivity sensor serial number       0557
Profile Sampling Method                 discrete
temperature sensor type                 SBE41
temperature sensor manufacturer         SBE
temperature sensor serial number        0557
pressure sensor type                    SBE41
pressure sensor manufacturer            SBE
pressure sensor serial number           0557
battery type                            Alkaline
initial battery voltage [volt]          15.0
ROM version                             101800
comment                                 n/a