GLOSS Station Handbook – Cayenne

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Station information

General
Gloss number	202
Station name	Cayenne
Country	French Guiana
Time zone	045W, GMT - 3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	4.85
Longitude (+ve E)	-52.28333
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	1977, 2006-
Responsible country	France
Authority responsible for tide gauge	EPSHOM, BP 426, 29275 Brest Cedex, France
GLOSS contact	France
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	No
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	Repere IGN no. Bbe1: repere de nivellement type E scelle dans batiment du gardien du port de Degrad des Cannes (cote rapportee au zero IGN 77 3.319m).
Benchmark relationships	Repere A = 2.660m Repere B = 2.802m Repere C = 2.774m Repere D = 2.098m (Cote rapportee au zero IGN 77)
Auxiliary benchmarks	Repere A: repere de nivellement SHOM scelle horizontalement dans un soutien de conduit, en beton, a l'enracinement du quai. Repere B: boulon fixe verticalemente dans le socle de la grue a l'extremite du quai. Repere C: boulon fixe verticalement a l'extremite du quai a l'ouest du port de Degrad des Cannes.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	Yes (Monthly metric data only available)
PSMSL code	1768
Additional information
Other relevant information	Other benchmark: Repere D: graduation 3.97 de l'echelle de maree fixe pres du maregraphe. Also goes by name Ile Royale or Ile du Salut? New gauge proposed
Last updated	5 December 1993