SUUNTO Zoop User Manual

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Dive series

A group of repetitive dives between which the dive

computer indicates some nitrogen loading is present.

When nitrogen loading reaches zero the dive computer

deactivates.

Dive time

Elapsed time between leaving the surface to descend,

and returning to the surface at the end of a dive.

EAD

Abbreviation for equivalent air depth.

EAN

Abbreviation for enriched air nitrox.

Enriched Air Nitrox

Also called Nitrox or Enriched Air = EANx. Air that

has some oxygen added. Standard mixes are EAN32

(NOAA Nitrox I = NN I) and EAN36 (NOAA Nitrox II =

NN II).

Equivalent Air Depth

Nitrogen partial pressure equivalent table.

Floor

The deepest depth during a decompression stop dive

at which decompression takes place.

Half-time

After a change in ambient pressure, the amount

of time required for the partial pressure of nitrogen

in a theoretical compartment to go half-way from

its previous value to saturation at the new ambient

pressure.

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