GLOSS Station Handbook – Settlement Point

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Station information

General
Gloss number	211
Station name	Settlement Point
Country	Bahamas
Time zone	075W, GMT - 5hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	26.71666
Longitude (+ve E)	-78.98333
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	1985-
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	Bahamas
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	Yes
Acoustic	Yes
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Additional parameters	Wind, air temp., sea surface temp., barometric pressure
Data acquisition rate	Recording at 6 minute intervals; hourly heights selected from the 6 minute data.
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 257 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 211 Document 58745
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 257a Data 257b Document 257a Document 257b File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	5 local benchmarks used to determine site stability
Benchmark relationships	Local levelling with respect to station datum. Station datum is the zero of the original staff established on 18 October 1985.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1646
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Arithmetic mean of hourly hts
PSMSL code	1646
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 257
Additional information
Other relevant information	Two tide gauges here, A and B. Both have GPS
Nearest Met. station	Settlement Point (co-located)
Last updated	5 December 1993