KOSEROW

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).

Documentation added 1992-07-09

DATA JANUARY 1974 - OCTOBER 1979 WERE SUMMED FROM 4 VALUES PER DAY AT
(01,07,13,19 MEZ) AND NUMBER OF VALUES OVER ONE MONTH AVERAGED.
DATA NOVEMBER 1979 - OCTOBER 1990 OBTAINED FROM ALL HOURLY VALUES IN
THE MONTH. (INFORMATION FROM L.BALLANI MARCH 1992).

Documentation added 2002-01-23

Koserow data up to 1992 supplied by Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam (08).
Data 1993- supplied by Bundesamt fur Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH),
Hamburg (auth 16).

Documentation added 2010-08-09

The data for Koserow was measured to PN=HN-514cm (HN=zero of official height
system)Normal depth of PN=500cm. It is unusual to relate such a station to RLR as
this 'breaks the rules' of RLR. Data now refers to TGZ.

Documentation added 2021-01-20

The pier on which the Koserow tide gauge stood was destroyed on 12th November 2019. From then the gap was infilled from the gauge Greifswalder Oie. Building of a new pier commenced 27th November 2019 with a temporary pressure tube installed.

Documentation added 1993-10-05

FORMERLY THE DEUTSCHES HYDROGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT