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General                                  
GLOSS number231
Station name

Barentsburg (Spitsbergen)

CountryRussia
Time zone045E, GMT + 3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)78.06666
Longitude (+ve E)14.25
OceanArctic
Observation period(s)1948-
Responsible countryRussia
GLOSS contactRussian_Federation
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalYes
Instrumentation 
FloatYes
PressureNo
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Data acquisition rateHourly
Real-time data availableNo
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Barentsburg (Spitsbergen)
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Barentsburg (Spitsbergen)
MSL methodaverage of hourly heights
PSMSL code025/001
Additional information 
Last updated1992-09-26
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