GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 284 |
Station name | Cuxhaven, Steubenhoft |
Country | Germany |
Time zone | 015E, GMT + 1hr |
Latitude (+ve N) | 53.86666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 8.71666 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1843 - 1918 extreme values only 1918 - hourly values 1975 - half hourly 2000 - hourly |
Responsible country | Germany |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Wasser- und Schiffahrtsdirektion Nord 23 Kiel, Germany |
GLOSS contact | Germany |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | Digitising of diagram paper at half hourly intervals using spline functions |
Real-time data available | No |
Benchmarks | |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero = 5.019m below Normal Null (NN) |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
PSMSL code | 7 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | PSMSL also hold data from a gauge with PSMSL Code 140/011 (1918-1986). |
Last updated | 2005-02-16 |