Tide gauge

A tide gauge
The tide gauge in Kronstadt, Russia[1]

A tide gauge is a device for measuring the change in sea level relative to a vertical datum.[2][3] It is also known as a mareograph,[4] marigraph,[5] and sea-level recorder.[6] When applied to freshwater continental water bodies, the instrument may also be called a limnimeter.[7][8]

  1. ^ "The Kronstadt sea-gauge". Your Guide in St Petersburg. Retrieved 26 April 2019. With explanatory diagram showing Lea-type float gauge and stilling-well.
  2. ^ Iliffe, J. C.; Ziebart, M. K.; Turner, J. F. (2007). "A New Methodology for Incorporating Tide Gauge Data in Sea Surface Topography Models". Marine Geodesy. 30 (4): 271–296. doi:10.1080/01490410701568384. ISSN 0149-0419. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ^ Mitchum, Gary T. (2000). "An Improved Calibration of Satellite Altimetric Heights Using Tide Gauge Sea Levels with Adjustment for Land Motion". Marine Geodesy. 23 (3): 145–166. doi:10.1080/01490410050128591. ISSN 0149-0419. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ Torge, W.; Müller, J. (2012). Geodesy. De Gruyter Textbook. De Gruyter. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-11-025000-8. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  5. ^ International Tsunami Information Center. "4. Tide, Mareograph, Sea Level". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  6. ^ Ian Shennan; Antony J. Long; Benjamin P. Horton, eds. (2015). Handbook of Sea-Level Research. Wiley. p. 557. ISBN 978-1-118-45257-8.
  7. ^ "Definition of LIMNIMETER". Merriam-Webster. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  8. ^ "Definition of LIMNIMETER". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

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