GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 199 |
Station name | St Peter & St Paul Rocks |
Country | Brazil |
Latitude (+ve N) | 0.91666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -29.35 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1982-1985, 1990 |
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 | No |
Pressure | Yes |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | Recording at 60 minute intervals |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | There is no datum control |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
MSL method | Godin filter |
PSMSL code | 1561 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 201 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | The tide gauge is between the two rocks that define the internal bay. There was a pressure gauge, from ORSTOM, France until 1985. Transmission by satellite using an ARGOS platform is expected from 1992. Permanent site since 1997. |
Nearest Met. station | 82595 - Calcanhar, 0 N 44 W |
Last updated | 1992-09-26 |