GLOSS Station Handbook – Faraday, Argentine Islands
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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 | |
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Gloss number | 188 |
Station name | Faraday, Argentine Islands |
Country | U.K. |
Time zone | 000E, GMT |
Latitude (+ve N) | -65.25 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -64.26666 |
Ocean | Southern |
Observation periods | Float gauge 1958-; Pressure gauge 1992- |
Responsible country | U.K. |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | British Antarctic Survey, Ice and Climate Division, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, U.K. |
GLOSS contact | UK |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | Yes |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Sea temperature, barometric pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording, digitized at hourly intervals from chart recorder. 15 minutes from DQ, filtered to TGBM description Trig point 204 |
High frequency data at BODC | Data 188p0 Data 188p1 Data 188p2 Document 30279 Document 78876 Document 78814 |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 700a Document 700a File format |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 8.075m below Trig point 204 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 913 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
PSMSL code | 913 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 700 |
Additional information | |
Nearest Met. station | Faraday Base, BAS (89063) |
Last updated | 11 December 2002 |