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.
1874-1990 FCODE= 3 OR 4; 1924,1926-43, 1949-72 type of bubbler gauge
Documentation added 1997-11-06
Since 1973 observations from an unspecified tide gauge
Documentation added 1997-12-10
3 or 4 observations per day are made in days with heavy winds and storms
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
See also comments under Bourgas (code 295/021).
Documentation added 2001-07-31
Poti coast subsiding by ~.0056m/yr (letter 20th July 2001).
Data Authority
Department of Oceanology and Meteorology Tbilisi State University Chavchavadze Prospect 1 Tbilisi 38008