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CO-OPS station 8418150: PORTLAND, CASCO BAY

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 (2008-01-01 to 2025-04-15)

Unassessed ("Preliminary")
Coastal Water Level Data (2025)

Reported Tsunami Waves

Comments

None

Datums (Epoch: 1983-2001)

DatumDescriptionValue [meters]
STNDStation Datum0.0
MHHWMean Higher-High Water5.626
MHWMean High Water5.493
DTLMean Diurnal Tide Level4.117
MTLMean Tide Level4.103
MSLMean Sea Level4.113
MLWMean Low Water2.712
MLLWMean Lower-Low Water2.607
GTGreat Diurnal Range3.019
MNMean Range of Tide2.781
DHQMean Diurnal High Water Inequality0.133
DLQMean Diurnal Low Water Inequality0.105
HWIGreenwich High Water Interval (in hours)3.593
LWIGreenwich Low Water Interval (in hours)9.751
NAVD88North American Vertical Datum of 19884.208

Station History

DateNotes
1910-03-04NOAA NOS CO-OPS establishment of Station 8418150 in support of the NWLON
2007-07-25Station 8418150 Sensor and DCP updated to receive 1 minute water level data

Sensor History

DateTypeMakeModelSerial No.
2008-01-06Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor*70
2008-11-29Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1384-4072
2010-01-23Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1971-4241
2010-12-18Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor979-3256
2011-09-24Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor1904-4172
2012-10-06Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor0893-3173
2013-08-11Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor903-8183
2015-02-21Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor0983-4076
2016-09-15Acoustic SensorAquatrakNG-3000 Water Level Sensor2492-AQ0292
Our approach to data processing is described in this article.
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