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General |
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GLOSS number |
268 |
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Station name |
Simonstown
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Country |
South Africa |
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Time zone |
030E, GMT + 2hrs |
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Latitude (+ve N) |
-34.18333 |
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Longitude (+ve E) |
18.43333 |
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Ocean |
Atlantic |
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Observation period(s) |
1957- |
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Responsible country |
South Africa |
Authority responsible
for tide gauge |
Hydrographer,
South African Navy, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, South Africa |
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GLOSS contact |
Prof.G.B.Brundrit
Dept.of Oceanography
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7700
South Africa |
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Committed to GLOSS |
Yes |
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Operational |
Yes |
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Instrumentation |
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Float |
Yes |
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Pressure |
No |
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Bubbler |
No |
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Acoustic |
Yes |
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Radar |
No |
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Data |
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Digital data |
Yes |
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Additional parameters |
Sea temperature
(from 1990), air pressure (from 1990) |
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Data acquisition rate |
Float/stilling
well - digitized hourly. Acoustic meaned values recorded at one minute
intervals. |
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Fast delivery data at UHSLC |
  |
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High frequency data at BODC |
 |
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High frequency data at UHSLC |
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Real-time data available |
No |
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Additional parameters (real-time) |
Sea temperature
(from 1990), air pressure (from 1990) |
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Benchmarks |
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Tide gauge benchmarks |
Trig Survey BM 28
G. UTM Grid Reference 34 HBT 641144. |
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Benchmark relationships |
Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ)
= South Africa Chart Datum TGZ = 0.651m below LLD (MSL) until 31 December
1978 TGZ = 0.900m below LLD (MSL) from 01 January 1979 TGZ = 3.663m below BM
28 G |
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Data at PSMSL |
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Annual MSL (RLR) data |
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Annual MSL (RLR) plot |
 |
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MSL method |
Doodson X0 filter |
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PSMSL code |
430/061 |
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Other relevant codes |
UHSLC 221 |
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Additional information |
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Other relevant information |
Values based on
GPS have been observed but not finally calculated. |
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Nearest Met. station |
Cape Town |
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Last updated |
2002-12-11 |
