GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 192 |
Station name | Mar del Plata |
Country | Argentina |
Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -38.05 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -57.55 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | Float/stilling well 1949- Acoustic 1992- |
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 | Yes |
Acoustic | Yes |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Wind speed/direction/gust, air & water temp., air pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Float/stilling well: hourly recording Acoustic: six minute recording |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Wind speed/direction/gust, air & water temp., air pressure |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark bolt inside tide gauge hut adjacent to stilling well. Acoustic gauge is referred to the same benchmark as the float gauge. Aquatrack Levelling Point designated as 10.000m above an arbitrary zero. |
Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = local chart datum TGZ = 0.91m below 'O' IGM TGZ = 5.74m below TGBM (from 1949 onwards) NOAA Gauge O designated exactly two metres below chart zero. Chart zero refers to MLLW as on the Plano de Reduccion de la Carta Argentina. |
Auxiliary benchmarks | AUX 1: Punto fijo No. 11, AUX 1: Punto fijo No. 11, ubicado al pie de la cuarta columna, contando desde la entrade, en el muelle del Club de Pescadores de Mar del Plata. Other benchmarks include: SIHN 2020 A 1992, 166, PN10, NO 6 1948, PF VINCULO. ubicado al pie de la cuarta columna, contando desde la entrade, en el muelle del Club de Pescadores de Mar del Plata. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | ![]() ![]() |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | ![]() ![]() |
MSL method | mean monthly hourly heights |
PSMSL code | 819 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Data for other gauges at Mar del Plata (PSMSL Code 860/111 1910-1913, 1915-1946) and at Puerto (PSMSL Code 860/091 1957-1967, 1971-1980) are held by PSMSL. Since 1980, Servicio de Hidrografia Naval keeps operational the Mar del Plata Club station only. Its benchmarks are mentioned above. |
Last updated | 1993-12-04 |