GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 221 |
Station name | Bermuda, St. Georges Is. |
Country | U.K. |
Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 32.36666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -64.7 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1932-, upgrade due 2008 |
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 | UK |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Instrumentation | |
Float | No |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | Yes |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | None |
Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | |
High frequency data at BODC | |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | NOS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '5535H 1978' set in the top of a concrete boat landing at the Scott Laboratory Building. |
Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 4.83 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 3.52 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 2.31 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 5535D 1978 5535F 1978 5535G 1978 5535A 1978 5535C 1978 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
PSMSL code | 368 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 259 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Gauge located at Bermuda Biological Station, and will be replaced by the gauge located at Esso Pier, Bermuda, after several years comparison. |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |