submarine station

1. One of the places for which tide or tidal current predictions are determined by applying a correction to the predictions of a reference station. 2. A tide or tidal current station at which a short series of observations have been made; these observations are reduced by comparison with simultaneous observations at a reference station.

Related terms:

• reference station
• third-order climatological station
• station elevation
• second-order station
• climatological station pressure
• precipitation station
• standard station
• drift station
• first-order climatological station
• second-order climatological station