GLOSS Station Handbook – Mar del Plata

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Until a new version is available, the tide gauge station list below from the last version of the Handbook provides links to further details about each tide gauge in the GLOSS Core Network. Click column headings to sort the station list table. Click the GLOSS number buttons to view the station information.

Station information

General
Gloss number	192
Station name	Mar del Plata
Country	Argentina
Time zone	060W, GMT - 4hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-38.05
Longitude (+ve E)	-57.55
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	Float/stilling well 1949- 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
Real-time data available	Yes
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 benchmark as the float gauge. Aquatrack Levelling Point designated as 10.000m above an arbitrary zero.
Benchmark relationships	Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = local chart datum TGZ = 0.91m below 'O' IGM TGZ = 5.74m below TGBM (from 1949 onwards) NOAA Gauge O designated exactly two metres below chart zero. Chart zero refers to MLLW as on the Plano de Reduccion de la Carta Argentina.
Auxiliary benchmarks	AUX 1: Punto fijo No. 11, AUX 1: Punto fijo No. 11, ubicado al pie de la cuarta columna, contando desde la entrade, en el muelle del Club de Pescadores de Mar del Plata. Other benchmarks include: SIHN 2020 A 1992, 166, PN10, NO 6 1948, PF VINCULO. ubicado al pie de la cuarta columna, contando desde la entrade, en el muelle del Club de Pescadores de Mar del Plata.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 819 RLR 857
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	mean monthly hourly heights
PSMSL code	819
Additional information
Other relevant information	Data for other gauges at Mar del Plata (PSMSL Code 860/111 1910-1913, 1915-1946) and at Puerto (PSMSL Code 860/091 1957-1967, 1971-1980) are held by PSMSL. Since 1980, Servicio de Hidrografia Naval keeps operational the Mar del Plata Club station only. Its benchmarks are mentioned above.
Last updated	4 December 1993