GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 195 |
Station name | Rio de Janeiro - I.Fiscal |
Country | Brazil |
Time zone | 045W, GMT - 3hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -22.9 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -43.16666 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1963-1986, Nov 1988-, Kalesto gauge due 2007 |
Responsible country | Brazil |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao, Divisao de Servicos Oceanicos, Rua Barão de Jaceguay, s/nº Ponta da Armação – Niterói |
GLOSS contact | Brazil |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | ![]() |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | Yes |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Atmospheric pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Hourly |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | ![]() ![]() |
High frequency data at UHSLC | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Atmospheric pressure |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | RN-2: Ordnance survey benchmark set on the floor of castle tower on Fiscal Island. |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 143.6cm below Chart Datum (CD) TGZ = 490.6cm below TGBM TGZ = 236.9cm Imbitba's Vertical Datum (from 1963 onwards) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | RN-1: Set at internal wall of castle tower just 137.0cm above RN-2. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | ![]() |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | ![]() |
MSL method | Godin filter |
PSMSL code | 1032 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 280 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | http://www.mares.io.usp.br/aagn/61/cald/cald.html contains a picture. Previously called Ilhas dos Ratos |
Nearest Met. station | WMO No. 83744 - Ilha Rasa |
Last updated | 2002-12-11 |