KOSEROW

Station Information

Station ID: 1448
Latitude: 54.060278
Longitude: 14.000833
Coastline code: 120
Station code: 1
Country: GERMANY
Time span of data: 1977 – 2024
Completeness (%): 96
Date of last update: 11 Jul 2024

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

Link to RLR information.

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.

Data Authority

Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Hamburg
Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 78
20359 Hamburg

Documentation added 1993-10-05

FORMERLY THE DEUTSCHES HYDROGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT