Ilulissat (Jacobshavn) Site History
History Summary
| Station Name | Ilulissat, Jacobshavn |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 69° 13.0' N |
| Longitude | 051° 06.0' W |
| Country | Denmark |
| WOCE No. | 9019 |
| Time Reference | GMT (00-23 hours) |
| Contributor | 1992-1996 Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography |
| Instrument Type | Pressure gauge |
| Site of Gauge | |
| Observational Period | 1992 - 1997 |
| Reference Level | All data are referred to LAT which is Chart Datum for Greenland. |
Quality Assessment
Comments
All data are corrected for atmospheric pressure. Salinity not measured, sea level elevation calculated from pressure using a sea water density based on measured temperature and a salinity of 31.5 ppt.
All pre 1995 data have been adjusted by -278cm to refer to LAT.
1996 data have been collected with a 15 minutes interval, but it slips 1 minute approximately every month.
Station withdrawn June 1997.
| Year | Completeness Index (%) | Questionable Fluctuations (In day Nos.) and Missing Data (Gaps >6 hours) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 50 | None |
| 1993 | 99 | None |
| 1994 | 97 | 86 Gap from 1994/10/17 at 20.00 to 1994/10/18 at 14.00 Gap from 1994/10/18 at 18.00 to 1994/10/19 at 14.00 Gap from 1994/10/22 at 18.00 to 1994/10/26 at 16.00 Gap from 1994/11/04 at 20.00 to 1994/11/08 at 17.00 |
| 1995 | 66 | None Gap from 1995/03/01 at 00.00 to 1995/05/01 at 00.00 Gap from 1995/08/15 at 00.00 to 1995/10/15 at 00.00 Gap from 1995/12/12 at 18.00 to 1995/12/14 at 12.00 |
| 1996 | 98 | None |
| 1997 | 53 | None Gap from 1997/04/14 at 20.56 to 1997/04/15 at 14.56 Gap from 1997/06/23 at 16.32 to 1997/12/31 at 23.59 |
