WISMAR

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 54
Latitude: 53.9
Longitude: 11.466667
Coastline code: 120
Station code: 21
Country: GERMANY
Time span of data: 1882 – 1980
Completeness (%): 98
Date of last update: 08 Jul 1992

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Station Documentation

Documentation added 1992-07-09

GAUGES IN EASTERN GERMANY (WISMAR, WARNEMUNDE, SASSNITZ, KOSEROW) AS
OF MARCH 1992 ARE TYPE 'STEREMAT', VERTICAL DRUM, SWIMMER PRINCIPLE,
MEASURES 1:10, CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION ON PAPER CHART. (INFORMATION
FROM L.BALLANI, POTSDAM).
1882-1931 VALUES BASED ON 4 READINGS PER DAY
WISMAR METRIC DATA MEASURED TO NN UP TO 1943 AND PN=NN-5000MM
FOR 1944 ONWARDS (WHERE NN = NORMAL NULL)

Documentation added 1995-02-20

Note that the 1944-80 values, while measured indeed to PN, were obtained
from Dr.Lindner and were only once per day (0600 hours). The resulting
tidal aliasing introduces a significant datum shift of several cm.

Data Authority

Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam
Telegrafenberg A 17
D-1561 Potsdam

Documentation added 1992-07-09

THE GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE
CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE PHYSICS OF THE EARTH (ZIPE) AND
PREVIOUS TO THAT AS THE GEODAETISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM.