GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 264 |
Station name | St. Helena |
Country | U.K. |
Time zone | 000E, GMT |
Latitude (+ve N) | -15.96666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -5.7 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1986- |
Responsible country | U.K. |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK |
GLOSS contact | UK |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | No |
Pressure | Yes |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Atmospheric pressure, sea temperature |
Data acquisition rate | Recording at 15 minute intervals, filtered to hourly heights. |
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 |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Atmospheric pressure, sea temperature |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | None |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Historic benchmarks only, last levelled in 1986. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
PSMSL code | 1845 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 292 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | One year of data from Jamestown, St. Helena (15 55S, 005 42W), 1986-1987. DORIS station on island providing meteorological data for IGN, Paris, France. |
Nearest Met. station | Bottom Wood, St. Helena |
Last updated | 2003-01-24 |