WARNING: METRIC STATION THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA. USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
Station Information
Station ID:
261
Latitude:
42.633333
Longitude:
27.766667
Coastline code:
295
Station code:
31
Country:
BULGARIA
Time span of data:
1924 – 1996
Completeness (%):
100
Date of last update:
25 Jul 1997
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.
GAUGE BROKEN 18 NOVEMBER 1991, NEW GAUGE IN USE FROM 10 JANUARY 1992
Documentation added 1997-07-25
data for 1988-92 revised
Documentation added 1999-03-10
For a discussion on sea level trends along Black Sea coasts see Variations of the Black Sea Level by S.G.Boguslavsky et al., Physical Oceanography, 9(3), 199-208, 1998.
Documentation added 1999-03-10
Bulgarian sea levels likely to be heavily influenced by river flow. NEW GAUGE INSTALLED IN 1929 GAUGE MOVED IN 1964 NEW GAUGE INSTALLED IN 1977 DATUM STABILITY QUESTIONABLE 1924-1928 1947-1948 SUBSIDENCE OF BRIDGE WHERE GAUGE LOCATED ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS QUESTIONABLE FOR 1976-1977
Data Authority
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology 66 Tzarigradsko Chausse 1784 Sofia