GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 194 |
Station name | Cananeia |
Country | Brazil |
Time zone | 045W, GMT - 3hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -25.01666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -47.925 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1954- |
Responsible country | Brazil |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de Sao Paulo- Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 05508 |
GLOSS contact | Brazil |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | Yes |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Meteorological, CGPS, Gravimetry |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous tidal recording but hourly digitisation |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Meteorological, CGPS, Gravimetry |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Zero of the gauge is 4.143m below the RN level. Levelled Sept. 1999 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Godin A24A25A25 filter |
PSMSL code | 726 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 281 |
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 |
Nearest Met. station | Near the tidal station |
Last updated | 2012-11-08 |