GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 224 |
| Station name | Nain |
| Country | Canada |
| Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 56.55 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -61.7 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1963-1994 (intermittent) |
| Responsible country | Canada |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, CHS Maritimes, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, N.S., B2Y 4A2, Canada |
| GLOSS contact | Canada |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Barometric pressure and water temperature |
| Data acquisition rate | Hourly |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Barometric pressure and water temperature |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM 'yard' Elevation 8.680m above Chart Datum. A CHS tablet set vertically in top of rock outcrop in the Moravian Mission yard, 14m south of the SE corner of the minister's residence & 2m W of the mission boarding house. |
| Benchmark relationships | 1963-1981 BM 'yard' elevation 7.462m above Chart Datum 1981-1989 BM 'yard' elevation 8.680m above Chart Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 86F9000: Elevation 5.925m above Chart Datum 'man hole key': Elevation 7.974m above Chart Datum |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data |  |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Mean of hourly heights |
| PSMSL code | 1029 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Float/stilling well 1963-1988 Other pressure type gauge 1989-1994. Data available at http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca, http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/Databases/TWL/TWL_inventory_e.htm and http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/prog_nat/benchmark/public/default_e.as |
| Nearest Met. station | 1km from gauge site |
| Last updated | 1997-11-10 |
