GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 158 |
| Station name | San Francisco, CA |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 120W, GMT - 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 37.8 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -122.46666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1854-, being upgraded 2007 |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | NOAA, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, USA |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea surface temperature, density |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea surface temperature, density |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | US C&GS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '180 1936' set in a concrete wall at the Fort Point Coastguard Station. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 13.24 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 10.11 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 8.01 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 174 1925 4290 J 1976 175 1925 4290 K 1976 176 1925 4290 L 1976 181 1945 4290 M 1982 NO 2 1948 CLARK 1948 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 823/031 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 551 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
Related BODC pages
| Sea level portal | World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) — Sea level | |
| UK Tide Gauge Network | Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) | |
| GLOSS project page |
Related external links
| Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) | Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) | |
| University of Hawai`i Sea Level Centre (UHSLC) | World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) |
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