GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 245 |
Station name | Ponta Delgado, Azores |
Country | Portugal |
Time zone | 015W, GMT - 1hr |
Latitude (+ve N) | 37.4416 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -25.4027 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation period(s) | 1924, 1930-1952, 1954-1960, 1962-1963, 1978-1980, 1982-1991 |
Responsible country | Portugal |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Instituto Hidrografico, Rua das Trinas 49, P-1296 Lisboa Codex, Portugal |
GLOSS contact | Portugal |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | Yes |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous analogue record |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | |
High frequency data at BODC | |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | No |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | NP - benchmark bolt at the root of pier |
Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Portuguese Hydrographic Institute Chart Datum TGZ = 3.000m below NP |
Auxiliary benchmarks | MN 7/83 is 2.748m above Chart Datum MC is 2.812m above Chart Datum |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Metode de Hauteurs Reduites |
PSMSL code | 258 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 211 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 1992-09-26 |