GLOSS Station Handbook – Ascension
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 | 263 |
| Station name | Ascension |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -7.91666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -14.41666 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation periods | 1983- |
| Responsible country | U.K. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK |
| GLOSS contact | UK |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | Yes |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at hourly intervals, on the hour (Clarence Bay). |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 291 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 263p1 Data 263p2 Document 62215 Document 78800 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 291a Document 291a File format |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | None |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1831 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
| PSMSL code | 1831 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 291 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | RAF Station, Ascension |
| Last updated | 24 January 2003 |
Location map
Ascension, U.K.
Real time data plot
Ascension, U.K.
