BREST

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Station summaryBRST

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    Tide Gauge
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IGS-type acronym : BRST00FRA
Latitude : 48.38049324
Longitude : -4.49659521
Installed date : 1998-10-31
Decommissioned date :
Country : FRANCE
City: BREST
Station status : active (green)
Distance to Tide Gauge (m) : 293
Domes Nr.: 10004M004
Station operator: Unknown
IGS-like station form :

GPS position times seriesBRST

SARI


Position
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Offsets (mm)
MMaterial change or malfunction
EEarthquake
RFReference Frame change
UUnknown
NANot available
Position discontinuity
Velocity discontinuity
     
   
Vertical component
   
East component
   
North Component


Data available at SONELBRST



Quality plots on RINEX filesBRST

Quality plots on RINEX files of BRST Quality plots on RINEX files of BRST Royal Observatory of Belgium

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Observations & tracking performance Satellite tracking

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Comparison with satellite altimetry data

Co-located instrumentsBRST

Leveling & DatumsBRST


Access to leveling data (Benchmarks, Datums...)

Photo albumBRST

BibliographyBRST

If you have a relevant reference to suggest, please send-us an e-mail : sonel@sonel.org
  • puce Chenal, 2025. Observational uncertainties on past and future sea level rise for Marseille and Brest tide gauges. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience. Get this reference BibTeX of the reference
  • puce Dodet, Bertin et al., 2019. Characterization of Sea-level Variations Along the Metropolitan Coasts of France: Waves, Tides, Storm Surges and Long-term Changes. Get this reference BibTeX of the reference
  • puce Douglas, 2008. Concerning Evidence for Fingerprints of Glacial Melting. Journal of Coastal Research. Get this reference
  • puce Miller, Douglas, 2007. Gyre-scale atmospheric pressure variations and their relation to 19th and 20th century sea level rise. Geophysical Research Letters. Get this reference
  • puce Poitevin, Wöppelmann et al., 2019. Vertical land motion and relative sea level changes along the coastline of Brest (France) from combined space-borne geodetic methods. Remote Sensing of Environment. Get this reference
  • puce Pouvreau, 2006. Evolution of the tidal semi-diurnal constituent M2 at Brest from 1846 to 2005. C. R. Geoscience. Get this reference
  • puce Rossi, Horton et al., 2011. The application of foraminifera to reconstruct the rate of 20th century sea level rise, Morbihan Golfe, Brittany, France. Quaternary Research. Get this reference
  • puce Woodworth, Pouvreau et al., 2010. The gyre-scale circulation of the North Atlantic and sea level at Brest. Ocean Science. Get this reference
  • puce Woodworth, 1999. High waters at Liverpool since 1768: the UK's longest sea level record. Geophysical Research Letters. Get this reference
  • puce Woppelmann, Pouvreau et al., 2006. Brest sea level record: a time series construction back to the early eighteenth century. Ocean Dynamics. Get this reference
  • puce Woppelmann, Pouvreau et al., 2008. Tide gauge datum continuity at Brest since 1711: France’s longest sea level record. Geophysical Research Letters. Get this reference

Log bookBRST

[RGPmail] 2025-10-27 (28/10/2025)

Network problem at the the station since the 300i data logging session. The RGP team is working to resolve this issue. No information on returning to normal.

[EUREFmail-10254] - 2020-05-12 (15/05/2020)

The firmware of the Trimble Alloy receiver at the station BRST was changed from version 5.44 to the version 5.45. The updated site log is available at M3G system.

Please see the respective site logs for details.

[IGSSTATION-7882] - 2020-02-18 (17/03/2020)

Trimble Alloy receiver has been updated from 5.37 to 5.43 for following IGS sites.

BRST, LMMF

[EUREFmail-09792] - 2019-03-26 (26/04/2019)

Due to a power failure, data from BRST station have been unavailable from session 082l to 084m and couldn't be retrieved.

[EUREFmail-9645] - 2018-11-28 (11/12/2018)

Please note that on November 28th (2018/332) the receiver at station
BRST was changed from Septentrio PolaRx5 to Trimble Alloy. A new log fil
has been submitted to the EPN.

[EUREFmail-9641] - 2018-11-26 (11/12/2018)

Due to a planned maintenance, the BRST station will be unavailable on the 28th of November.
The BRST station receiver will be changed from 'SEPT POLARX5' to ‘Trimble Alloy’.
A new log file will be submitted to EPN.

[EUREFmail-9459] - 2018-06-22 (26/06/2018)

The receiver at station BRST was changed on Monday June 18th from 'TRIMBLE NETR9' to 'SEPT POLARX5'. A new log file has been submitted to the EPN.

[EUREFmail-9438] - 2018-06-12 (13/06/2018)

Due to a planned maintenance, the BRST station will be unavailable on
the 18th of June.

[IGSSTATION-5532] - 2013-09-10 (10/09/2013)

The station BRST( Brest, fance) has encountered some problems since the session 250u to 252h.
The problem has been solved but missing data are definitively lost.

[IGSSTATION-5518] - 2013-08-30 (30/08/2013)

The station BRST (Brest-France) wasn't working from session 239u to 241i due to a cut of electricity. Missing hourly and daily data won't be available.

[EUREFmail-7062] - 2013-07-30 (30/07/2013)

The station BRST (Brest, France) is working since the last session, 211l.
Missing hourly and daily data are definitively lost.

The previous EUREFmail-7054 (2013-07-26) signaled:
The station BRST (Brest-France) is encountering some problems because of
site maintenance operations. In consequence, the station stops and restarts, but generally all missing data are finally available.