GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 154 |
| Station name | Sitka, AK |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 135W, GMT - 9hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 57.05 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -135.33333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1938-, being upgraded 2007 |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | NOAA, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, USA |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | NOS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped 'TIDAL 26 1974' set in a rock outcrop south of the Russian Block House #1 off of Seward Street in Sitka, AK. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 40.95 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 35.70 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 31.81 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 8 1924 TIDAL BM 1600K 1978 1600 J 1977 16 1941 1600 L 1982 22 1965 No stamping 1 TIDAL 24 1974 TIDAL 25 1974 Site inspection 1993 states 'levels agree with history' and 'BM City continues to show movement over years' |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 426 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 559 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
