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 |
