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General |
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GLOSS number |
314 |
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Station name |
Walvis Bay
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Country |
Namibia |
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Time zone |
030E, GMT+2hrs |
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Latitude (+ve N) |
-22.93333 |
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Longitude (+ve E) |
14.5 |
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Ocean |
Atlantic |
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Observation period(s) |
1958-1979 (Kent); 1979- (Ott); 1990- (Acoustic) |
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Responsible country |
Namibia |
Authority responsible
for tide gauge |
Hydrographer, SA Navy, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, South Africa |
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GLOSS contact |
Mr. B.W. Oelofson
Deputy Director for Fisheries for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water
and Rural Developemnt
Private Bag 13193
Windhoek 9000
Namibia |
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Committed to GLOSS |
No |
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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 - digitised hourly. Acoustic - meaned values recorded at
minute intervals, filtered |
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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 1A1 adjacent Railway Headquarters - UTM grid reference 33 KVE
492622 |
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Benchmark relationships |
Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 0.913m below LLD (MSL) until 31 December 1978 TGZ =
0.900m below LLD (MSL) from 1 January 1979 TGZ = 2.291m below BM 1A1
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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 |
427/001 |
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Other relevant codes |
UHSLC 220 |
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Additional information |
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Last updated |
2002-12-11 |
