GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 199 |
| Station name | St Peter & St Paul Rocks |
| Country | Brazil |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 0.91666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -29.35 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1982-1985, 1990 |
| Responsible country | Brazil |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao, Divisao de Servicos Oceanicos, Rua Barão de Jaceguay, s/nº Ponta da Armação – Niterói |
| GLOSS contact | Brazil |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 60 minute intervals |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | There is no datum control |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| MSL method | Godin filter |
| PSMSL code | 874/147 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 201 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | The tide gauge is between the two rocks that define the internal bay. There was a pressure gauge, from ORSTOM, France until 1985. Transmission by satellite using an ARGOS platform is expected from 1992. Permanent site since 1997. |
| Nearest Met. station | 82595 - Calcanhar, 0 N 44 W |
| Last updated | 1992-09-26 |
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