GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 302 |
| Station name | Adak, Aleutian Is. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 150W, GMT - 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 51.86666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -176.63333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1943-, 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 | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Wind speed/direction, air/sea temp., barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Wind speed/direction, air/sea temp., barometric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | US C&GS benchmark survey disk stamped 'No 18 1957' set in a concrete pad near a fire hydrant on sea wall road in Sweeper Cove. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 18.97 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 16.75 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 15.14 feet above mean higher high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | NO 20 1957 NO 14 1951 M 23 1968 1380 F 1983 M 24 1968 1380 G 1983 7 1945 No stamping 1 380 C 1981 1380 D 1982 July 1993 inspection states 'levels agree with history'. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 487 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 040 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
