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General                                  
GLOSS number345
Station name

Ny Alesund

CountryNorway
Time zoneGMT+ 2 hrs
Latitude (+ve N)78.93333
Longitude (+ve E)11.95
Observation period(s)Time span of data 1976-2009 (psmsl)
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
Norges Sjokartverk, Lervigsveien 36, Postboks 60, 4001 Stavanger, NORWAY
Instrumentation 
Float
Pressure
Bubbler
Acoustic
Radar
Data
Data acquisition rateSampling rate 30 sec
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload d823a.dat from UHSLC   Download documentation d823a.dat from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
Benchmarks 
Auxiliary benchmarksRLR (1994) is 20.5m below TGBM Fundamentalpunkt for Svalbard Add 5.00m to data to refer to RLR 1994
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Ny Alesund
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Ny Alesund
PSMSL code1421
Additional information 
Other relevant informationCGPS since 1993. GPS receiver is installed near the VLBI-station ( Very long baseline Interferometry) which is located 1.5km from tide gauge. GPS receiver type Serial num. Firmware version Antenna type Radome CGPS from 1993: AOABenchmark ACT 2020 3.3.32.2 AOAD/M_B Dome CGPS from 1997: AOA Benchmark ACT 2023 3.3.32.2 ASH 701073.3 Snow
Last updated2010-07-15