GLOSS Station Handbook – Sand Point, AK
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Until a new version is available, the tide gauge station list below from the last version of the Handbook provides links to further details about each tide gauge in the GLOSS Core Network. Click column headings to sort the station list table. Click the GLOSS number buttons to view the station information.
Station information
| General | |
|---|---|
| Gloss number | 100 |
| Station name | Sand Point, AK |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 135W, GMT - 9hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 55.33333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -160.5 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation periods | 1972-, 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 | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 574 File format |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 574a Document 574a File format |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | US C&GS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '5 1943' set in a boulder near the Trident Seafood Corporation machine shop at Sand Point, Popof Island, AK. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 18.15 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 14.32 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 11.67 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 3 1943 9450 L 1982 NO 6 1950 'Standard Disc' 9450 K 1982 NO 7 1950 NO 8 1953 NO 9 1954 Site inspection 1993 states 'all levels agree with history' |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1634 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Simple average of all daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1634 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 574 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Intermittent observations at this site: 1913, 1943, 1950-1955, 1964 |
| Last updated | 11 December 2002 |
Location map
Sand Point, AK, U.S.A.
Real time data plot
Sand Point, AK, U.S.A.
