GLOSS Station Handbook – Acapulco, Gro.
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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 | 267 |
Station name | Acapulco, Gro. |
Country | Mexico |
Time zone | 090W, GMT - 6hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 16.83333 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -99.91666 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation periods | 1952-, due for upgrade 2007 |
Responsible country | Mexico |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Servicio Mareografico Nacional Instituto de Geofisica Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 04510 Mexico, D. F. MEXICO |
GLOSS contact | Mexico |
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 | Sea temperature, sea density |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous, filtered to hourly heights |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 316a Document 316a File format |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Aux#1: It is 4.5ft west of the tide house, 4.75ft north of the seaward face of the pier, 19.9ft east south east of the center of the easternmost iron bollard and 21.5ft east of benchmark #2. Aux#2: It is 4.75ft north of the seaward face of the pier, 7.6ft south west of the easternmost iron bollard, 25.9ft west of the tide gauge house and 21.5ft west of a line with benchmark 1. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 686 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Doodson |
PSMSL code | 686 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 316 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 11 December 2002 |