Port Stanley-B Phase 2 Site History

History Summary

Station NamePort Stanley-B Phase 2
Latitude51° 41.0' S
Longitude057° 49.0' W
CountryU.K.
Gloss No305
Time ReferenceGMT (00-23 hours)
ContributorProudman Oceanographic Laboratory,
Joseph Proudman Building,
Liverpool,
L3 5DA. U.K.
Observation PeriodOctober 1992 - May 2002
Instrument TypeB gauge, as described in Woodworth et al. (1996)
Site of GaugeEastern end of Port Stanley harbour by the "floating warehouses".
Please Note:
This is a different data set from Port Stanley-A Phase 2, they are not linked in any way.

Parameters Recorded

PeriodCI(%)ParametersSample Interval
10 1992 - 11 1993100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP7.5 mins
11 1992 - 05 1993*1100SL,AP60 mins
11 1993 - 03 1994100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
03 1994 - 11 1994100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
11 1994 - 11 1995100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
11 1995 - 11 1996100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
12 1996 - 01 1998100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
01 1998 - 11 1998100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
11 1998 - 10 1999*299SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins
03 2000 - 06 2000*2100SL,AP,BT,ST,DHP,SSP15 mins
11 2000 - 05 2002*2100SL,AP,BT,ST,HTP,SSP15 mins

where:

Notes

  1. These data are an early subset of 10 1992 - 11 1993 data, based on hourly telex values.
  2. SL is Sea Level with respect to "STANLEY B-DATUM NOVEMBER 1998" which is 1.5cm below "STANLEY B-DATUM OCTOBER 1992".

Quality Assessment

All data have been tidally analysed and constants and residuals checked. Records have been visually inspected for spikes, timing and datum shifts.

In the period 1998-1999, all channels have been flagged where the sea level channel ASLVTD01 is null.

PeriodParametersComments
10 1992 - 11 1993BTParameter not recorded.
11 1992 - 05 1993AllNone
11 1993 - 03 1994STMarked: (1993) 323
03 1994 - 11 1994AllNone
11 1994 - 11 1995HTPMarked: (1995)170-1173,174-175,179,195,217
220,265,266,268,270,272,273,276,284,285,
286,295,297
11 1995 - 11 1996SLMarked: (1996) 310
 SSPMarked: (1996) 310
 HTPMarked: (1995) 338,357,358,359, (1996) 12,13
16,20,21-22,67,310
12 1996 - 01 1998AllNone
01 1998 - 11 1998AllNone
11 1998 - 10 1999SLNull values on (1998) 348 (1999) 181,261,284
 AP,BTNull values on (1999) 284
Marked: (1998) 348 (1999) 181,261
 STNull values on (1999) 181,284
Marked: (1998) 324,326,348 (1999) 261
 SSPNull values on (1999) 181,284
Marked: (1998) 348 (1999) 181,261
 HTPNull values on (1999) 284
Marked: (1998) 324-326,348 (1999) 181,261
03 2000 - 06 2000AllNone
11 2000 - 05 2002SL,SSPSlightly noisy throughout
 HTPMarked: (2001) 199-200. The sensor doesn't appear to be recording the top of the tide properly.
 AP,BTNull values on (2000) 323
 STMarked: (2000) 343

Reference

Woodworth, P.L., Vassie, J.M., Spencer, R. and Smith, D.E. 1996.
Precise datum control for pressure tide gauges. Marine Geodesy, 19(1), 1-20.