GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 250 |
| Station name | Funchal (Madeira) |
| Country | Portugal |
| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 32.3862 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -16.5465 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1963-1964, 1976-1978, 1981-1982, 1986- |
| 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 | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous analog record, digitised at 60 minute intervals |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | MC - benchmark bolt inside tide gauge hut, adjacent to stilling well |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Portuguese Hydrographic Institute Chart Datum TGZ = 4.218m below MHIA-1936 TGZ = 5.610m below MC |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | T-3 (JAPAM) is 5.173m above Chart Datum NN 22/83 is 5.981m above Chart Datum |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Metode de Hauteurs Reduites |
| PSMSL code | 1030 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 218 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
