Technical equipment and software of European sea level service site Klaipėda

Abstract

The technical equipment including hardware and software of European Sea Level Service (ESEAS) station KLAIPEDA (KLPD) is presented in the paper. The tide gauge Klaipeda (previous name – Memel) was established in 1811 in the east part of the Baltic Sea, at the estuaries of Curonian Lagoon. KLAIPEDA ID number at Permanent Service of Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) is 080161. Upgrading of the station is done according to the ESEAS-RI project (Contract No EVR1-CT-2002-40025). KLPD site was equipped with digital float tide gauge, sea water temperature, air temperature, pressure and humidity sensors, wind sensor and GPS receiver with antenna. The four character ID KLPD and IERS DOMES number 10802M001 was assigned to the permanent GPS station KLAIPEDA. It is planned to provide near real time (hourly) data to corresponding data servers. The communication structure and software applications are presented in the paper also.