GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 266 |
Station name | Edinburgh, Tristan da Cunha |
Country | U.K. |
Time zone | 000E, GMT |
Latitude (+ve N) | -37.05 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -12.3 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1986- |
Responsible country | U.K. |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK |
GLOSS contact | UK |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | ![]() |
Instrumentation | |
Float | No |
Pressure | Yes |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Sea temperature, atmospheric pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Recording at 15 minute intervals, filtered to hourly heights. |
High frequency data at BODC | ![]() ![]() |
Data held at national organisation | Yes |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, atmospheric pressure |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | None |
Data at PSMSL | |
MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | One year of data collected at this site 1984 - 1985. |
Nearest Met. station | In same building as tide gauge |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |