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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number334
Station name

Salvador

CountryBrazil
Time zoneGMT -3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)-12.96666
Longitude (+ve E)-38.51666
Observation period(s)Time span of data 1949-1968 (psmsl), Tides 2004-2008, Radar sensor and encoder data 2008-2009, Historical data (1948-1971) to be integrated into current time series.
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
N.O.A.A/ N.O.S., N/oes 33, Ssmc4, Room 6531, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, UNITED STATES
Instrumentation 
Float
Pressure
Bubbler
Acoustic
Radar
Data
Fast delivery data at UHSLCDownload woce.html from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload d708a.dat from UHSLC   Download documentation d708a.dat from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
Benchmarks 
Benchmark relationshipsTG-CGPS distance = 150m TG-CGPS levelling not performed yet
Auxiliary benchmarksA radar sensor (Vegapulse 62) and encoder with a Sutron Satlink datalogger without modem installed in April 2008 by UHLSC.
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Salvador
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Salvador
PSMSL code578
Additional information 
Other relevant informationSite established in december 2002 CGPS station installed in April 2007 (top of 4m mast). Acoustic sensor installed in 2004 ( stop in 2008) No AG station
Last updated1980-01-01