GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 188 |
| Station name | Faraday, Argentine Islands |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -65.25 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -64.26666 |
| Ocean | Southern |
| Observation period(s) | Float gauge 1958-; Pressure gauge 1992- |
| Responsible country | U.K. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | British Antarctic Survey, Ice and Climate Division, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, U.K. |
| GLOSS contact | UK |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording, digitized at hourly intervals from chart recorder. 15 minutes from DQ, filtered to TGBM description Trig point 204 |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, barometric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 8.075m below Trig point 204 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
| PSMSL code | 913 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 700 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Faraday Base, BAS (89063) |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
