GLOSS Station Handbook – Ushuaia

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Station information

General
Gloss number	181
Station name	Ushuaia
Country	Argentina
Time zone	045W, GMT - 3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-54.81666
Longitude (+ve E)	-68.3
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	Float/stilling well 1970- Acoustic 1992-
Responsible country	Argentina
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, Dto. Oceanografia, Avda. Montes de Oca 2124, C.P. 1271 Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina. http://www.hidro.gov.ar/
GLOSS contact	Argentina
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	Yes
Acoustic	Yes
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Additional parameters	wind speed/direction/gust, air & water temp., air pressure
Data acquisition rate	Float/stilling well: hourly recording Acoustic: six minute recording
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 600 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 181 Document 77990
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 600a Document 600a File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	Benchmark bolt inside tide gauge hut adjacent to stilling well. Acoustic gauge is referred to the same benchmarks as the float gauge. Aquatrack levelling point is 10.000m above an arbitrary 'zero'.
Benchmark relationships	Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = local chart datum TGZ = 5.52m below TGBM (from 1951 onwards) NOAA Gage 0 is designated as 2.0000m below chart zero. Chart zero refers to MLLW, indicated on the Plano de Reduccion de la Carta Argentina.
Auxiliary benchmarks	AUX 1: Punto fijo ubicado frente la Base Naval Ushuaia, en las adyacencias de la Comandancia Other benchmarks include: 1000 A 1991, 1000 B 1991, Unstamped 1, Unstamped 2, II, MOJON X1 1978.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 874 RLR 1271
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	mean monthly hourly heights
PSMSL code	1271
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 600
Additional information
Other relevant information	Gauge was moved 900m in May 1970. PSMSL hold data collected prior to move (PSMSL Code 860/001, 1957-1969).
Last updated	4 December 1993