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.
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).
Documentation added 1992-07-09
DATA JANUARY 1974 - OCTOBER 1979 WERE SUMMED FROM 4 VALUES PER DAY AT (01,07,13,19 MEZ) AND NUMBER OF VALUES OVER ONE MONTH AVERAGED. DATA NOVEMBER 1979 - OCTOBER 1990 OBTAINED FROM ALL HOURLY VALUES IN THE MONTH. (INFORMATION FROM L.BALLANI MARCH 1992).
Documentation added 2002-01-23
Koserow data up to 1992 supplied by Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam (08). Data 1993- supplied by Bundesamt fur Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Hamburg (auth 16).
Documentation added 2010-08-09
The data for Koserow was measured to PN=HN-514cm (HN=zero of official height system)Normal depth of PN=500cm. It is unusual to relate such a station to RLR as this 'breaks the rules' of RLR. Data now refers to TGZ.
Data Authority
Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Hamburg Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 78 20359 Hamburg