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 |
