GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 248 |
| Station name | Gibraltar |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 015E, GMT + 1hr |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 36.14823 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -5.36492 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1961-1990, 1993- New gauge installed 2004, 2007 pressure gauge |
| Responsible country | U.K. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | 1961 - 2000 Queen's Harbour Master, H.M. Naval Base, Gibraltar 2004 Captain of the Port, Gibraltar Port Authority |
| GLOSS contact | UK |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | Yes |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Hourly tabulations from analogue chart (up to 2000) 2004 - 15 minute interval |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Top of coping north of tide gauge hut |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) set to Admiralty Chart Datum which is 3.2m below TGBM (1984 - 2000) Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) set to Admiralty Chart Datum which is 3.22m below TGBM (2004 onwards) Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) 0.25m below Alicante Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM'18' (Grid reference TF 8835 0123) on SW face of main dockyard wall, North Jumper's Bastion |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Mean of hourly heights |
| PSMSL code | 981 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Gibraltar Airport |
| Last updated | 2005-02-16 |
