tide-gauge

noun

1. a gauge used to measure extremes or the present level of tidal movement

Example Sentences

The data quickly began to produce incredibly granular pictures of nuisance-flooding risk, certainly far more detailed than NOAA’s tide-gauge analyses.

From New York Times

“We have increasing evidence from the tide-gauge records that these higher sea-level curves need to be seriously considered in resilience-planning efforts,” Mitchell said, adding that the US west coast will probably start seeing more rapid increases, akin to the east.

From The Guardian

Tide-gauge data, and reported tsunami height and arrival time, suggest a source near the entrance to the Bay of Palu, says Liu, who convened the meeting.

From Nature

The official tide-gauge record from Boston Harbor shows that water levels, not accounting for tides, rose roughly a metre in 12 hours, taking it to one of the highest high-water marks ever recorded there.

From Nature

Nerem and his colleagues were not sure that the calibration was necessary — and when they removed it, measurements of sea-level rise in the satellite's early years aligned more closely with the tide-gauge data.

From Nature