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CO-OPS station 8537121: SHIP JOHN SHOAL, DELAWARE RIVER

Time-series Plot of Waterlevel

Cite as: Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) (2007): CO-OPS 1-minute Tsunami Water Level Data. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V59884XF. Accessed [date].

Quality-Controlled and De-Tided
Coastal Water Level Data (2009-11-07 to 2024-11-06)

Unassessed ("Preliminary")
Coastal Water Level Data (2024)

No tsunami waves reported at this station since NCEI began archiving high-resolution digital observations.

Comments

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Datums (Epoch: 1983-2001)

DatumDescriptionValue [meters]
STNDStation Datum0.0
MHHWMean Higher-High Water7.451
MHWMean High Water7.316
DTLMean Diurnal Tide Level6.505
MTLMean Tide Level6.467
MSLMean Sea Level6.486
MLWMean Low Water5.618
MLLWMean Lower-Low Water5.559
GTGreat Diurnal Range1.892
MNMean Range of Tide1.698
DHQMean Diurnal High Water Inequality0.135
DLQMean Diurnal Low Water Inequality0.059
HWIGreenwich High Water Interval (in hours)2.385
LWIGreenwich Low Water Interval (in hours)9.08

Station History

DateNotes
1997-10-30NOAA NOS CO-OPS establishment of Station 8537121 in support of the NWLON
2009-11-05Station 8537121 Sensor and DCP updated to receive 1 minute water level data

Sensor History

DateTypeMakeModelSerial No.
2009-11-07Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor984-3261
2010-11-20Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1236-4377
2012-08-11Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1908-4176
2013-03-16Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor2203-4443
2014-05-28Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1215-3466
2014-12-26Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1960-4429
2016-02-03Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1357-3605
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