| General | |
| GLOSS number | 171 |
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| Station name | Tumaco |
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| Country | Colombia |
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| Time zone | 075W, GMT - 5hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | 1.83333 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | -78.73333 |
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| Ocean | Pacific |
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| Observation period(s) | 1953-1989 Float/Stilling well; 1989- (new gauge) |
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| Responsible country | Colombia |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | IDEAM, Diagonal 97 No. 11-60, Pisa 7 Commutador, Santa Fe de Bogota D.C., Colombia. Tel: +55 1 6356007 |
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| GLOSS contact | Colombia |
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| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
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| Operational | Yes |
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| Location map |  |
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| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
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| Pressure | No |
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| Bubbler | No |
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| Acoustic | No |
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| Radar | No |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, sea salinity, sea density |
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| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 6 minute intervals, filtered to hourly heights |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
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| Real-time data available | No |
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| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, sea salinity, sea density |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM 1 located in upper surface of concrete base; it is set in the second bollard SW of tide gauge house. N.P.103 TS 1 A 4.716 Mts. Del 'O' de la regla (limnimetro) |
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| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM S-Az A 4.701 mts. Del cero de la regla (LM)
BM NP 4 B a 5.755 mts. del cero de la regla (LM)
BM 103-TS1 a 4.741 mts. del cero de la regla (LM)
BM MP-B a 4.727 mts. del cero de la regla (LM)
BM NP-5 B a 5.074 mts. del cero de la reglo (LM)
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| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
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| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
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| MSL method | Statistical method |
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| PSMSL code | 842/021 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 303 |
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| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | 1953-1989 standard tide gauge;
1989 replaced with Fisher Porter analogue to digital recorder
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| Nearest Met. station | La Florida 1948-05 Gja, El Mira |
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| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
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