GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 211 |
| Station name | Settlement Point |
| Country | Bahamas |
| Time zone | 075W, GMT - 5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 26.71666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -78.98333 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1985- |
| 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 | Bahamas |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Wind, air temp., sea surface temp., barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 6 minute intervals; hourly heights selected from the 6 minute data. |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Wind, air temp., sea surface temp., barometric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | 5 local benchmarks used to determine site stability |
| Benchmark relationships | Local levelling with respect to station datum. Station datum is the zero of the original staff established on 18 October 1985. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Arithmetic mean of hourly hts |
| PSMSL code | 1646 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 257 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Two tide gauges here, A and B. Both have GPS |
| Nearest Met. station | Settlement Point (co-located) |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
