ARKONA

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

Station Information

Station ID: 56
Latitude: 54.683333
Longitude: 13.433333
Coastline code: 120
Station code: 7
Country: GERMANY
Time span of data: 1882 – 1935
Completeness (%): 99
Date of last update: 01 Jan 1980

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).
1882-1892 VALUES BASED ON 24 READINGS PER DAY; 1893-1931 VALUES BASED
ON 4 READINGS PER DAY
METRIC DATA MEASURED TO NORMAL NULL (NN)

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.