GLOSS Station Handbook – Halifax

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Station information

General
Gloss number	222
Station name	Halifax
Country	Canada
Time zone	060W, GMT - 4hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	44.66666
Longitude (+ve E)	-63.58333
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	1895-1907, 1919-
Responsible country	Canada
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, CHS Maritimes, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, N.S., B2Y 4A2, Canada
GLOSS contact	Canada
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	Continuous graph (sampled hourly) 15 minutes (electronic)
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 275 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 222 Document 75050
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 275a Document 275a File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	WSC1-1981 A Water Survey of Canada tablet set horizontally in the NE face of the SE corner of bldg. no. D-57, tablet 0.76m N of SE corner 0.15m below brickwork. Elevation 5.094m above Chart Datum (LNT).
Benchmark relationships	1895-1907 Admiralty Datum of 25.58m (Admiralty assumed datum) see below 1919-1939 Admiralty Datum of 25.58m (Admiralty assumed datum) see below 1940-1955 Admiralty Datum of 25.58m (Admiralty assumed datum) *see below 1956- to date Canadian Hygrographic
Auxiliary benchmarks	WSC2-1981: A Water Survey of Canada tablet set horizontally in the NE face of the NW corner of bldg. no. D-34, tablet 2.84m from N corner of bldg. and 0.30m above concrete walkway. Elevation 4.766m above LNT. 88N9000: A CHS tablet set horizontally in the SE corner of the new naval fire station foundation, 0.24m west of the SE corner of the bldg., 0.14m below brickwork. Elevation 8.208m above Chart Datum (LNT). 96N9000: A CHS set horizontally in the south face of the SW bridge (Angus L. Macdonald) caisson, 0.10m above granite sill, 0.20m east of the SW corner of the caisson, 0.80m above paved ground level surface and 15.0m NNW of gauge house. Elevation 4.278m above Chart Datum.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 96
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	mean of hourly heights
PSMSL code	96
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 275
Additional information
Other relevant information	Data available at http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca, http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/Databases/TWL/TWL_inventory_e.htm and http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/prog_nat/benchmark/public/default_e.as
Nearest Met. station	Bedford, Nova Scotia
Last updated	10 November 1997