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Forster Phase 1 Site History

History Summary

Station Name Forster Phase 1
Latitude 70° 46.4' S
Country Germany
Longitude 011° 51.9' W
WOCE No 9099
Time Reference GMT(00-23 hours)
Contributor Technical University of Dresden,
Dresden,
Germany.
Observation Period 03 1991 - 01 1992
Instrument Type Bottom-mounted pressure sensor.
Site of Gauge Georg Forster base, Antarctica.

Datum information is not available.

Parameters recorded

Period CI(%) Parameters Sample Interval
03 1991 - 01 1992 99.9 AP,SP,SSP 60 mins

where

  • AP = CAPHSL01 = Atmospheric pressure,
  • SP = PRESPS01 = Sea pressure
  • SSP = PRSTPS01 = Sub Surface (total) Pressure.

Quality Assessment

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

Period Parameters Comment
03 1991 - 01 1992 ALL Gap: (1991) 119,194,224,336
Marked: (1991) 249,268,332,348