GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 249 |
| Station name | Ceuta (Spanish N. Africa) |
| Country | Spain |
| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 35.54 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -5.19 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1944- |
| Responsible country | Spain |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (IEO) |
| GLOSS contact | Spain |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Atmospheric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording, hourly values extracted |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Atmospheric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | NRG-101 (Instituto Geografico Nacional) located in the stilling well mouth. Geometrical altitude: 3.401m; levelling: Ceuta-Tetuan line 1929 (1982). TGZ (1996) = 4.195 metres under NGR-101 |
| Benchmark relationships | SS.C.1 (IGN) located in the floor at the crowing of the west side of the Dock Espana in front of the window of the tide gauge place. Geometrical altitude: 2.666m; levelling: Ceuta-Tetuan line 1929 (1982). SS.C.7 (IGN) located in the south of the dike cont |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | SS.C.1 SS.C.7 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | 119 point filter |
| PSMSL code | 498 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 207 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Two GPS campaigns. Project: SELF I (5 days, 24 hours a day in March 1993). SELF II (from 25-30 November 1996). |
| Nearest Met. station | Observatorio de Ceuta |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
