West Coast Tide Gauge Measurements from Scripps Data Zoo

Coastal tide stations from Port San Louis, CA to Neah Bay, WA provide tidal height and barometric pressure data. This subset originates from NOAA's National Ocean Service long-term tide gauge stations. The Scripps Center for Coastal Studies organized this data in the 'Data Zoo', with a last update recorded in 1989.

Use Cases

• Analyze tidal_height time series to model sea-level trends and tidal harmonics for specific stations like Monterey, CA.
• Correlate barometric_pressure readings with tidal_height data to study storm surge events at locations like Crescent City, CA.
• Compare tidal patterns across the 13 listed coastal stations from California to Washington for regional oceanographic studies.
• Use the station location metadata (e.g., Port Orford, OR, Astoria, OR) for geospatial analysis of coastal phenomena.

Strengths

• Data sourced from NOAA's National Ocean Service, a primary authority for U.S. coastal data.
• Covers 13 distinct coastal monitoring stations along a major geographic span from California to Washington.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last updated date of 1989-12-31.
• Specific row counts, temporal coverage, and data resolution are unknown from the description.
• Limited to a subset of NOAA stations, potentially omitting other relevant coastal sites.

Provenance

Source

NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) long-term tide gauge stations, curated by Scripps Center for Coastal Studies.

Collection Method

Routine collection at coastal tide gauge stations.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Coastal sites from Port San Louis, California, to Neah Bay, Washington, USA.