EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM 

                                 Station Information Sheet 


 GLOSS Number
 Station name                            Nieuwpoort 
 Country                                 Belgium
 Time zone                               015E, GMT + 1 hour
 Latitude                                   02°43'46 
 Longitude                                  51°09'03 
 Ocean/sea                               Atlantic/ 

 Responsible country                     Belgium
 Committed to GLOSS                      No
 Operational?                            Yes

 Point of contact                        Mr Johan Verstraeten
                                         Afdeling Waterwegen Kust - Dienst Hydrografie
                                         Vrijhavenstraat 3
                                         B-8400 Oostende
                                         Belgium
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 Authority responsible                   Afdeling Waterwegen Kust - Dienst Hydrografie
 for tide gauge                          Vrijhavenstraat 3,
                                         B-8400 Oostende
                                         Belgium

 Gauge servicing interval                weekly

 Gauge servicing agency                  own agency

 Observation periods                     since 1980

 Gauge type                              float
 Sampling rate                           hourly
 Digital data                            Yes
 Real time data                          No
 Storm surge warning gauge               No

 Additional parameters                   
 Any other parameters                   

 MSL method				                  

 Submission to PSMSL                     Yes
 PSMSL data holdings                     
 Other data banks			                  
 Additional information                  


 Tide gauge benchmark description        RFN1 - RFN2 - RFN3 of NGI (National Geographic institute, Brussels)

 Frequency of levelling                  yearly

 Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN        ?

 Tide gauge zero relative to             0
 national levelling datum                

 Tide gauge zero relative to             ?
 tide gauge benchmark                    

 Auxiliary benchmark description         

 Permanent GPS within 1 km               No
 EUREF code                              ?
 Campaign GPS                            yearly - december

 Geological substrate                    sediment deposit

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

 Any other information