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Tidal Observations at Faraday/Vernadsky Antarctic Station

Gennadi Milinevsky(1, 2)
(1) Ukrainian Antarctic Centre, 16, Tarasa Shevchenka blvd, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine;
(2) Kyiv National Shevchenka University, 6, Glushkova av, 04022, Kyiv, Ukraine

E-mail: antarc@carrier.kiev.ua

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Abstract

The history and ongoing information on tide measurements at the Base F/Faraday/ Vernadsky Station, and future development of tide gauge are discussed. Faraday/ Vernadsky station has the longest time series of sea level changes in Antarctica. The British Antarctic Survey occupied a research station in the Argentine Islands from 1947 to 1996. The original hut was replaced in 1954 by a purpose - built geophysical observatory. The ownership of the Faraday Station was transferred to Ukraine in 6 February 1996, and renamed as “Akademik Vernadsky». Sea level observation is ongoing by the Ukrainian Antarctic Center. The station is equipped with an old float gauge and a more recent but simple technology pressure gauge provided by Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL, UK). Since 2000, ongoing hydrological measurements were started at the Vernadsky (profiles of sea temperature, salinity and oxygen). The tide measurements development lays in provision of an ongoing tide gauge data program at Vernadsky including maintenance of the POL equipment. Aid in the upgrade of tide gauge equipment and data communication mechanisms. Tide gauge at Galindez Island (65° 15' S, 64° 16' W) included in Global Sea Level Observing System Development in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to monitor long-term sea level variations due to climate change. The Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory is currently collecting the Faraday/ Vernadsky tide gauge records.