GLOSS Station Handbook – Nain
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 | 224 |
| Station name | Nain |
| Country | Canada |
| Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 56.55 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -61.7 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation periods | 1963-1994 (intermittent) |
| 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 | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Barometric pressure and water temperature |
| Data acquisition rate | Hourly |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | BM 'yard' Elevation 8.680m above Chart Datum. A CHS tablet set vertically in top of rock outcrop in the Moravian Mission yard, 14m south of the SE corner of the minister's residence & 2m W of the mission boarding house. |
| Benchmark relationships | 1963-1981 BM 'yard' elevation 7.462m above Chart Datum 1981-1989 BM 'yard' elevation 8.680m above Chart Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 86F9000: Elevation 5.925m above Chart Datum 'man hole key': Elevation 7.974m above Chart Datum |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1029 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Mean of hourly heights |
| PSMSL code | 1029 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Float/stilling well 1963-1988 Other pressure type gauge 1989-1994. 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 | 1km from gauge site |
| Last updated | 10 November 1997 |
Location map
Nain, Canada
Real time data plot
Nain, Canada
