GLOSS Station Handbook – Prudhoe Bay, AK
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Station information
| General | |
|---|---|
| Gloss number | 151 |
| Station name | Prudhoe Bay, AK |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 135W, GMT - 9hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 70.4 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -148.52666 |
| Ocean | Arctic |
| Observation periods | 1976 - 1989, summer season only 27 Jun 1993 - 31 Jul 2003 |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | N/OES22 SSMC4, STATION 7109 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD. 20910-3233 |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Air/sea temperature, barometric pressure, wind sensors |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 579 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 151 Document 62927 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 579a Document 579a 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 | The benchmark is the high point on top of the sheet pile bulkhead where two pieces seam together on West Dock #2. Benchmark is designated 'unstamped 2'. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 7.68 feet above mean lower low water (154 HW/155 LW 1980-1981) TGBM = 7.33 feet above mean sea level (154 HW/155 LW 1980-1981) TGBM = 7.08 feet above mean high water (154 HW/155 LW 1980-1981) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Movement seen between 'steel pin' and 'state 1' and cell 6B and digibulb stop. BM Bridge installed 1993. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1857 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 1857 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 579A |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Using acoustic in the ice free season and a bubbler gauge when there is ice while the gauge is rebuilt. 1976-1989 data collected during ice-free months only (usually July, August and September) |
| Last updated | 16 February 2005 |
Location map
Prudhoe Bay, AK, U.S.A.
Real time data plot
Prudhoe Bay, AK, U.S.A.
