EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM 

                                 Station Information Sheet 


 GLOSS Number
 Station name                            Kobenhavn 
 Country                                 Denmark
 Time zone                               015E, GMT + 1 hour
 Latitude                                   55.683 
 Longitude                                  12.600 
 Ocean/sea                               Atlantic/ 

 Responsible country                     Denmark
 Committed to GLOSS                      Yes
 Operational?                            Yes

 Point of contact                        Ms. Lonny Hansen,
                                         Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
                                         Lyngbyvej 100 
                                          DK-2100 Kobenhavn O 
                                         Denmark
                                         Tel: +45 39 15 73 16
                                         Fax: +45 39 15 73 90
                                         E-mail: lha@dmi.dk
                                         WWW: http://www.dmi.dk


 Authority responsible                   Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
 for tide gauge                          Lyngbyvej 100,
                                          DK-2100 Kobenhavn O 
                                         Denmark

 Gauge servicing interval                

 Gauge servicing agency                  Our agency

 Observation periods                     29 years

 Gauge type                              Differential CTD
 Sampling rate                           15 minutes (records are hourly before 1991
 Digital data                            Yes
 Real time data                          No
 Storm surge warning gauge               No

 Additional parameters                   
                                       Salinity
 Any other parameters                   

 MSL method				                  

 Submission to PSMSL                     No
 PSMSL data holdings                     
 Other data banks			                  
 Additional information                  yes and no


 Tide gauge benchmark description        TGBM is KK 271 up to 1941, but proved unstable and is replaced by KK 285, which is the most stable benchmark

 Frequency of levelling                  Level to board checked every 3 year

 Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN        

 Tide gauge zero relative to             TGZ = DNN
 national levelling datum                

 Tide gauge zero relative to             KK 271 is 1052 mm above datum. Msl (1964) is 25 mm above datum. RLR (1964) is 6948 mm below datum, and is 8000 mm below original KK 271 and present KK 285
 tide gauge benchmark                    

 Auxiliary benchmark description         GI 2000 is 1893 mm above datum

 Permanent GPS within 1 km               No
 EUREF code                              
 Campaign GPS                            

 Geological substrate                    

 Gauge signal likely to                  
 be affected by river
 outflow, density
 changes etc

 Any other information                   yes and no