GLOSS Station Handbook – La Jolla (Scripps Pier) CA
The GLOSS Station Handbook is currently being re-designed and upgraded.
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 | 159 |
| Station name | La Jolla (Scripps Pier) CA |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 120W, GMT - 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 32.86666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -117.26666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation periods | 1924-, upgrade due 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 | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 569 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 159 Document 69321 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 569a Document 569a 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 '7 1958' set in a concrete retaining wall near the south west corner of the Benthic Laboratory Control Center Building at Scripps. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 36.24 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 33.49 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 31.62 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 6 1952 0230 M 1977 BASIC 1929 RESET 1963 0230 N 1977 BASIC 1929 RESET 1963 RESET 1964 0230 P 1977 NO 9 1971 NO 10 1974 0230 L 1977 1993 inspection states 'levels agree with history' |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 256 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 256 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 569 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 5 December 1993 |
Location map
La Jolla (Scripps Pier) CA, U.S.A.
Real time data plot
La Jolla (Scripps Pier) CA, U.S.A.
