Dakar (Senegal) Site History

History Summary

StationDakar
CountrySenegal
Latitude14° 40.0' N
Longitude017° 25.8' W
GLOSS No253
Contributor(1992-1995) NOAA/NOS, USA
Instrument Type(1992-present) Next Generation Water Level
Measurement SystemAcoustic sensor
Site of Gauge 
Observational Period1992 - present

Reference Level

All data are referred to Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ).

Tide Gauge Benchmark (TGBM) Description

Auxiliary Benchmarks

Benchmark Relationships

Quality Assessment

Comment

The daily or monthly means do not reveal any obvious reference level shifts. Most questionable fluctuations are related to timing problems with the gauge.

YearCompleteness Index(%)Questionable Fluctuations(in day Nos.)
and Missing Data (Gaps > 6 hours)
199272186-189,242-246
  Gap from 1992/03/01 at 00.00 to 1992/03/15 at 02.00
  Gap from 1992/04/05 at 00.00 to 1992/04/05 at 23.00
  Gap from 1992/04/29 at 04.00 to 1992/05/01 at 23.00
  Gap from 1992/05/16 at 08.00 to 1992/07/01 at 23.00
  Gap from 1992/07/07 at 14.00 to 1992/08/01 at 23.00
  Gap from 1992/08/15 at 23.00 to 1992/08/28 at 23.00
199396None
  Gap from 1993/03/20 at 02.00 to 1993/03/30 at 23.00
  Gap from 1993/06/11 at 02.00 to 1993/06/15 at 06.00
199494None
  Gap from 1994/01/02 at 20.00 to 1994/01/13 at 14.00
  Gap from 1994/09/19 at 11.00 to 1994/09/29 at 19.00
199573164
  Gap from 1995/06/08 at 18.00 to 1995/06/12 at 10.00
  Gap from 1995/06/12 at 15.00 to 1995/06/13 at 04.00
  Gap from 1995/06/13 at 15.00 to 1995/06/19 at 10.00
  Gap from 1995/06/19 at 15.00 to 1995/06/20 at 04.00
  Gap from 1995/06/20 at 15.00 to 1995/06/22 at 04.00
  Gap from 1995/06/22 at 15.00 to 1995/09/18 at 12.00