GLOSS Station Handbook – Bermuda, St. Georges Is.

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	221
Station name	Bermuda, St. Georges Is.
Country	U.K.
Time zone	060W, GMT - 4hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	32.36666
Longitude (+ve E)	-64.7
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	1932-, upgrade due 2008
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	UK
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Instrumentation
Float	No
Pressure	No
Bubbler	Yes
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Additional parameters	None
Data acquisition rate	6 minute intervals
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 259 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 221 Document 58793
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 259a Document 259a File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	NOS tidal benchmark survey disk stamped '5535H 1978' set in the top of a concrete boat landing at the Scott Laboratory Building.
Benchmark relationships	TGBM = 4.83 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 3.52 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 2.31 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch)
Auxiliary benchmarks	5535D 1978 5535F 1978 5535G 1978 5535A 1978 5535C 1978
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 368
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
PSMSL code	368
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 259
Additional information
Other relevant information	Gauge located at Bermuda Biological Station, and will be replaced by the gauge located at Esso Pier, Bermuda, after several years comparison.
Last updated	5 December 1993