GLOSS Station Handbook – Ceuta (Spanish N. Africa)
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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 | |
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Gloss number | 249 |
Station name | Ceuta (Spanish N. Africa) |
Country | Spain |
Time zone | 000E, GMT |
Latitude (+ve N) | 35.54 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -5.19 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation periods | 1944- |
Responsible country | Spain |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (IEO) |
GLOSS contact | Spain |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Atmospheric pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording, hourly values extracted |
High frequency data at BODC | Data 249a Data 249b Data 249c Data 249d Document 63881 Document 63895 Document 63908 Document 63911 |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmark | NRG-101 (Instituto Geografico Nacional) located in the stilling well mouth. Geometrical altitude: 3.401m; levelling: Ceuta-Tetuan line 1929 (1982). TGZ (1996) = 4.195 metres under NGR-101 |
Benchmark relationships | SS.C.1 (IGN) located in the floor at the crowing of the west side of the Dock Espana in front of the window of the tide gauge place. Geometrical altitude: 2.666m; levelling: Ceuta-Tetuan line 1929 (1982). SS.C.7 (IGN) located in the south of the dike cont |
Auxiliary benchmarks | SS.C.1 SS.C.7 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 498 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | 119 point filter |
PSMSL code | 498 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 207 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Two GPS campaigns. Project: SELF I (5 days, 24 hours a day in March 1993). SELF II (from 25-30 November 1996). |
Nearest Met. station | Observatorio de Ceuta |
Last updated | 11 December 2002 |