GLOSS Station Handbook – Cascais

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Station information

General
Gloss number	246
Station name	Cascais
Country	Portugal
Time zone	000E, GMT
Latitude (+ve N)	38.4167
Longitude (+ve E)	-9.2499
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	1882-1911, 1914-1915, 1917-1951, 1955-unkown, Acoustic 2003
Responsible country	Portugal
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Instituto Geografico Portugues, Rua Artilharia 1, 107, P-1099-052 Lisboa, Portugal
GLOSS contact	Portugal
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	Yes
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	Continuous analog record, digitised at 60 minute intervals
High frequency data at BODC	Data 246 Document 91982
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 209a Document 209a File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	m3 - benchmark bolt at the root of the groin where the tide gauge is located NP1 - benchmark bolt at the entrance of the cidadela de Cascais
Benchmark relationships	Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Portuguese Hydrographic Institute Chart Datum TGZ = 7.277m below m3 TGZ = 15.437m below NP1
Auxiliary benchmarks	m1 is 6.237m above Chart Datum m2 is 6.233m above Chart Datum m4 is 11.454m above Chart Datum m5 is 6.597m above Chart Datum
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 52
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Metode de Hauteurs Reduites
PSMSL code	52
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 209
Additional information
Last updated	11 December 2002