GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 212 |
Station name | Veracruz, Ver. |
Country | Mexico |
Time zone | 090W, GMT - 6hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 19.2 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -96.13333 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1953-, due for upgrade 2007 |
Responsible country | Mexico |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Instituto de Geofiscia, Cuidad Universitaria, Delegacion Coyoacan, 04510 Mexico, D.F. |
GLOSS contact | Mexico |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | No |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Sea temperature, sea density |
Data acquisition rate | Recording at 15 minute intervals, filtered to hourly values. |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, sea density |
Benchmarks | |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Aux#1: It is 1.42ft in from the face of the seawall and 31.2ft east of the south corner of the northern wing of the Escuela Nautica Mercante Fernando Siliceo. Aux#2: It is 44.5ft east from lamp post numbered 33 situated in parkway dividing the Blvd. Avila Camacho and 76.5 ft west from intersection of small seawall breakwater. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
MSL method | Doodson |
PSMSL code | 702 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 250 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 2002-12-11 |