GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 190 |
Station name | Puerto Deseado |
Country | Argentina |
Time zone | 045W, GMT - 3hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -47.75 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -65.91666 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1970-1980, 1988- |
Responsible country | Argentina |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Servicio de Hidrografia Naval Dto. Oceanografia, Avda. Montes de Oca 2124, C.P. 1271 Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina. http://www.hidro.gov.ar/ |
GLOSS contact | Argentina |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | ![]() |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | No |
Additional parameters | None |
Data acquisition rate | Hourly recording |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark bolt inside tide gauge hut adjacent to stilling well |
Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = local chart datum TGZ = 2.62m below 'O' IGM TGZ = 8.28m below TGBM (from 1970 onwards) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | AUX 1: Punto fijo MOP No. 1906, referencia ubicada en la pared frente al mar del Galpon Fiscal AUX 2: Punto fijo SHN, ubicado en el extremo N.E. del muelle, a 40m de la toma de petroleo. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | ![]() |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | ![]() |
MSL method | mean monthly hourly heights |
PSMSL code | 185 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 1993-12-04 |