QAQORTOQ II

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

Station Information

Station ID: 2170
Latitude: 60.7167
Longitude: -46.0333
GLOSS ID: 344
Coastline code: 980
Station code: 25
Country: GREENLAND
Time span of data: 2006 – 2022
Completeness (%): 77
Date of last update: 15 Nov 2023

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: qaqo
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 299: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 299: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Documentation added 2013-05-13

The gauge at Qaqortoq II began operating on Oct. 2005 however, due to a clear datum shift the data prior to May 2008 had to be disgarded. Responsible authority is the Danish National Space Center. Sampling was originally 15 mins but changed to 5 mins in Nov. 2006. Gauge is an Aanderaa WLR-7 pressure gauge. Data are referred to Tide Gauge Zero.

Data Authority

DTU Space
National Space Institute, Geodesy
Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej
Building 328, room 116
2800 Kgs. Lyngby