Tide Gauge Data 3
Title
Tide Gauge Data 3
Research Area(s):
Oceanography
Description: Physical form of the data:
Tabulated high/low tides and hourly values on paper
Description: Content and context of data, if known:
Historic origin: US Coast and Geodetic Survey; Instruments: float/well tide gauge with analog pen trace on paper, that have been tabulated; Locations:
Continental USA (Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific). More details: ftp://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/caldwell_pub/dartg/inv/Talke_email_201205.zip
Continental USA (Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific). More details: ftp://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/caldwell_pub/dartg/inv/Talke_email_201205.zip
Name of current data holder:
NOAA/NOS, Federal Records Center, Suiteland, MD
Dates associated with data:
1835-1939
Size:
28 boxes, 36 stations, 2213 years
Data condition:
Well preserved
Risk level:
low
Known access and restrictions:
Must be copied or photographed on site. Originals are not released.
Notes:
Support to science: climate change, storm surge, tsunami, tidal analysis, ocean current variations
Contact information:
NOAA/NOS: Maria.Little@noaa.gov
NOAA/NESDIS: Patrick.Caldwell@noaa.gov
Portland State University: Stefan Talke, stefant@cecs.pdx.edu
NOAA/NESDIS: Patrick.Caldwell@noaa.gov
Portland State University: Stefan Talke, stefant@cecs.pdx.edu
Citation
“Tide Gauge Data 3,” Data-at-Risk Inventory, accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.ibiblio.org/data-at-risk/items/show/93.
