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Port Stanley (Falklands Islands) Phase 1 Site History

History Summary

Station Name Port Stanley Phase 1
Latitude 51.750° S
Longitude 057.933° W
Country U.K.
Gloss No 305
Time Reference GMT(00-23 hours)
Contributor Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory,
Joseph Proudman Building,
6 Brownlow Street,
Liverpool,
L3 5DA. U.K.
Observation Periods November 1988 - November 1989
January 1991 - October 1992
Instrument Type Digiquartz pressure sensor
Site of Gauge  

Note

These data should not be confused with the Port Stanley Phase 2 data. There are no links between these two data sets.

Parameters Recorded

Period CI(%) Parameters Sample Interval
11 1988 - 11 1989 99.8 ST,AP,SP,SSP 60 mins
01 1991 - 12 1991 99.2 ST,AP,SP,SSP 60 mins
12 1991 - 10 1992 99.3 ST,AP,SP,SSP 60 mins

where:

  • ST = TEMPPR01 = Sea Temperature
  • AP = CAPHSL01 = Atmospheric pressure
  • SP = PRESPS01 = Sea pressure
  • SSP = PRSTPS01 = Sub Surface (total) Pressure

Datum

Datum information is not available.

Please Note. Datum can drift WITHIN AND BETWEEN files.

Quality Assessment

All data have been tidally analysed and constants and residuals checked. Records have been visually inspected for spikes and timing shifts.

Period Parameter Comments
11 1988 - 11 1989 SP Gap: (1988) 329
ST Gap: (1988) 329
AP Gap: (1988) 329
Questionable Fluctuations: None
01 1991 - 12 1991 All Gap: (1991) 007-010
Questionable Fluctuations: (1991) 351-352
SP Marked: (1991) 021
SSP Marked: (1991) 021
12 1991 - 10 1992 All Gap: (1992) 051-054
SP Marked: (1992) 048
SSP Marked: (1992) 048
Questionable Fluctuations: None