| General | |
| GLOSS number | 194 |
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| Station name | Cananeia |
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| Country | Brazil |
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| Time zone | 045W, GMT - 3hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | -25.01666 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | -47.925 |
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| Ocean | Atlantic |
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| Observation period(s) | 1954- |
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| Responsible country | Brazil |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de Sao Paulo- Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 05508 |
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| GLOSS contact | Brazil |
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| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
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| Operational | Yes |
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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 | Yes |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Additional parameters | Meteorological, CGPS, Gravimetry |
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| Data acquisition rate | Continuous tidal recording but hourly digitisation |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
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| Real-time data available | Yes |
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| Additional parameters (real-time) | Meteorological, CGPS, Gravimetry |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Zero of the gauge is 4.143m below the RN level. Levelled Sept. 1999 |
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| Data at PSMSL | |
| MSL method | Godin A24A25A25 filter |
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| PSMSL code | 874/051 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 281 |
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| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Mean sea level, based on 1978 data, is 1.662m above the zero of the gauge.
For additional information see 'Tides and tide gauges of Cananeia and Ubatuba-Brazil (lat.24o)' by A.R. Mosquita and J. Harari, Relat. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. S. Paulo, S. Paulo, no. 11, pp. 1-14, 1983.
http://www.io.usp.br/english/auxiliary.html |
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| Nearest Met. station | Near the tidal station |
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| Last updated | 2012-11-08 |
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