NOAA Tide Gauge Station Locations for the Massachusetts Coastline

A September 22, 2006 snapshot of tide gauge station locations along the Massachusetts coastline, sourced from the NOAA Tides and Currents website. The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management compiled the data, which measures the diurnal tide cycle of two high and low tides per day. The dataset shows where NOAA has placed instruments to monitor sea level changes.

Use Cases

• Map coastal monitoring infrastructure based on the described station locations.
• Analyze spatial distribution of tide measurement points along the Massachusetts coastline.
• Support studies of diurnal tidal cycles using the referenced measurement network.

Strengths

• Data sourced from the authoritative NOAA Tides and Currents website.
• Provides a specific snapshot date of September 22, 2006 for the station inventory.
• Focuses on the well-defined geography of the Massachusetts coastline.

Limitations

• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA Tides and Currents website, compiled by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management.

Collection Method

Locations taken from the NOAA web source on a specific date.

Time Range

Snapshot as of September 22, 2006.

Freshness

Snapshot from 2006; update frequency unknown.

Geography

Massachusetts coastline, USA.