GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 158 |
Station name | San Francisco, CA |
Country | U.S.A. |
Time zone | 120W, GMT - 8hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 37.8 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -122.46666 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1854-, 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 |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | Yes |
Acoustic | Yes |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Sea surface temperature, density |
Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
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 |
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea surface temperature, density |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | US C&GS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '180 1936' set in a concrete wall at the Fort Point Coastguard Station. |
Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 13.24 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 10.11 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 8.01 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 174 1925 4290 J 1976 175 1925 4290 K 1976 176 1925 4290 L 1976 181 1945 4290 M 1982 NO 2 1948 CLARK 1948 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
PSMSL code | 10 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 551 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |