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 |