GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 305 |
| Station name | Stanley, Falklands/Malvinas |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -51.75 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -57.93333 |
| Ocean | Southern |
| Observation period(s) | 1988- |
| 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 | Yes |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, atmospheric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at hourly intervals, on the hour. |
| 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 |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, atmospheric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Existing benchmark is top of pile near floating landing stage. New benchmark required. |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Benchmark at Stanley, but tide gauge not levelled into it. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
| PSMSL code | 1796 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 290 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | More Harbour - 6 months deployment in 1984. Port Louis Harbour, Port Louis Tablet - 1984, minimal data obtained. PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at Stanley (PSMSL Code 863/001 1964-1969, 1974). |
| Nearest Met. station | Mount Pleasant, Falklands |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
