GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 219 |
| Station name | Duck, N.C. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 075W, GMT - 5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 35.18333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -75.75 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1979-, 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 | Daily sea surface temperature and 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) | Daily sea surface temperature and density |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | NOS tide gauge benchmark survey disk stamped '865 1370 B 1977' set atop a galvanised steel deep rod located in the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility Compound, Duck, NC. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 14.80 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 12.99 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 11.37 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 865 1370 A 1977 1370 H 1980 865 1370 C 1977 1370 J 1980 865 1370 D 1977 1370 K 1980 1370 E 1979 #64 1370 F 1979 1370 G 1980 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 1636 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 260 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | GPS nearby |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
