GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 159 |
| Station name | La Jolla (Scripps Pier) CA |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 120W, GMT - 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 32.86666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -117.26666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1924-, upgrade due 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 | No |
| 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 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 |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | US C&GS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '7 1958' set in a concrete retaining wall near the south west corner of the Benthic Laboratory Control Center Building at Scripps. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 36.24 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 33.49 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 31.62 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 6 1952 0230 M 1977 BASIC 1929 RESET 1963 0230 N 1977 BASIC 1929 RESET 1963 RESET 1964 0230 P 1977 NO 9 1971 NO 10 1974 0230 L 1977 1993 inspection states 'levels agree with history' |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 256 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 569 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
