GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 288 |
| Station name | Pensacola, FL |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 090W, GMT - 6hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 30.4 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -87.21666 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1923-, 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 |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | US C&GS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '8 1923' set vertically in the concrete foundation wall of the City Hall Building at the corner of Jefferson and E. Zaragoza Streets. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 13.04 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 12.42 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 11.81 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM is 15.694ft above tide staff zero |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | NO 1 1972 11 1923 (13.990ft above tide gauge zero) NO 2 9840 K 1977 (11.265ft above tide staff zero) 12 1923 9840 L 1978 G 9 1918 13.271 9840 M 1978 (8.708ft above tide staff zero) 9840 N 1978 (11.737ft above tide gauge zero) 9840 A 1978 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 246 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 762 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
