Details should be provided on how the maintenance visits will be carried out (i.e. number of repeat visits per year, involvement and on-site training of local tide gauge operators, costing etc.).

UNESCO: Request for proposal: Sea Level Stations in the Caribbean Sea | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Without being prescriptive it is expected that a typical station configuration will consist of a primary tide gauge, two under water pressure sensor (secondary tide gauge), data logger, DCP geostationary satellite transmitter, modem, battery backup, solar panel, cables, mountings.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The USGS scientists, using tide gauge data and computer modeling, believe that a combination of factors, including the pressures of favorable ocean currents, has actually suppressed sea levels for a time, but that time ended two decades ago, and now the trend is headed upward, much faster than elsewhere.

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This year, we conducted a follow-up study to gauge the impact of the ever-rising tide of information on major businesses across the globe.

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