GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 12 |
| Station name | Exuma |
| Country | Bahamas |
| Time zone | 075W, GMT - 5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 23.78333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -76.1 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | Mar 1992- |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dr. George Dennis, Caribbean Marine Research Center, 805 E 46th Place, Vero Beach, Florida 32963, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | Bahamas |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Air temp., wind velocity, sea temp., humidity, insolation |
| Data acquisition rate | Potentiometer recorder averages hourly, from readings each second. |
| High frequency data at BODC | |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Air temp., wind velocity, sea temp., humidity, insolation |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Three local benchmarks to determine site stablility. |
| Benchmark relationships | Local levelling with respect to mean sea level only. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | 24 hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 1824 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 256 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Georgetown Airport, Great Exuma |
| Last updated | 1992-09-26 |


