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General                                  
GLOSS number232
Station name

Bjornoya (Bear Island)

CountryNorway
Time zone015E, GMT + 1hr
Latitude (+ve N)74.43333
Longitude (+ve E)19.16666
OceanAtlantic
Observation period(s)July 1989-July 1990
Responsible countryNorway
Authority responsible
for tide gauge		Norsk Polarinstitutt, PB 5072, Maforstua, N-0301 Oslo, Norway
GLOSS contactNorway
Committed to GLOSSNo
OperationalNo
Instrumentation 
FloatNo
PressureYes
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Additional parametersNone
Data acquisition rate60 minutes
Real-time data availableNo
Additional parameters (real-time)None
Data at PSMSL 
MSL methodArithmetic mean of hourly vals.
Additional information 
Other relevant informationThere are no plans for a permanent station on Bjornoya, but an anchored gauge was operated for a year at the southern end of the island. A gauge was to be deployed in summer 1993, at the northern end of the island, for about a year. A large phase and amplitude difference exists between the south and north ends. There is no connection between the benchmarks of the two stations except the trignometric network & a single GPS-vector. Stations karverk has made plans for establishing a new gauge and equipping it with GPS. Because of lack of funds this plan has not yet been put into action.
Nearest Met. stationBjornoya Radio
Last updated1998-01-23
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