GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 206 |
| Station name | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 18.46666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -66.11666 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1962-1974, 1978-, upgrade due 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 | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| 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 |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | NOS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '5371 A 1977' set in the top of a concrete sea wall at the U.S. Coastguard compound. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 5.32 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 4.54 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 3.99 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM is 2.600 metres above tide staff zero |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 5371 B 1977 NO 13 1962 5371 C 1977 NO 14 1962 5371 D 1977 (3.017m above tide staff zero) 5371 E 1977 (3.264m above tide staff zero) 5371 G 1977 5371 F 1977 (3.334m above tide staff zero - removed February 1993) SJH 44 1991 (2.565m above tide staff zero) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| PSMSL code | 938/021 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 245 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | PSMSL hold data from prevoius gauge (PSMSL ref 938/021) from 1962-1974. |
| 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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