| General | |
| GLOSS number | 314 |
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| Station name | Walvis Bay |
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| Country | Namibia |
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| Time zone | 030E, GMT+2hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | -22.9493 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | 14.49856 |
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| Ocean | Atlantic |
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| Observation period(s) | 1958-1974: Kent
1976-1993: Float (Ott)
1994-1998: Acoustic
2008-ongoing: Radar and DCP |
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| Responsible country | Namibia |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | Hydrographer, SA Navy, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, South Africa |
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| GLOSS contact | Namibia |
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| Committed to GLOSS | No |
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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 | Yes |
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| Radar | No |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Additional parameters | Sea temperature (from 1990), Air pressure (from 1990) |
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| Data acquisition rate | Float/stilling well - digitised hourly. Acoustic - meaned values recorded at minute intervals, filtered |
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| High frequency data at BODC |   |
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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 (from 1990), Air pressure (from 1990) |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Trig survey BM 1A1 adjacent Railway Headquarters -
UTM grid reference 33 KVE 492622
2008 - BM 1A1 renamed BM 1011 |
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| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 0.913m below LLD (MSL) until 31 December 1978
TGZ = 0.900m below LLD (MSL) from 1 January 1979
TGZ = 2.291m below BM 1A1
From 2008:
BM 1011 = LLD + 3.770m
Chart Datum = LLD - 0.966m |
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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 | Doodson X0 filter |
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| PSMSL code | 427/001 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 220 |
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| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
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