VALPARAISO 3

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID:	1648
Latitude:	-33.033333
Longitude:	-71.633333
GLOSS ID:	175
Coastline code:	850
Station code:	33
Country:	CHILE
Time span of data:	1985 – 1999
Completeness (%):	97
Date of last update:	10 Mar 2000

Green Arrow:	Current Station
Yellow Marker:	Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker:	Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Tide Gauge Data

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: valp, valp2
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 81: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 81: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Documentation added 1996-01-03

There was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake about 20 km offshore of northern Chile on 30 July 1995 which produced a tsunami of 1.3 m at Caldera and which was seen in many records across the Pacific (information from NTF, Australia).

Documentation added 2000-03-10

data January 1985 - december 1999 received via WOCE databank (Hawaii) and has had preliminary quality control processing only

Documentation added 2001-01-26

For a review of the new Chilean tide gauge network, see "Tides in the Chilean Coasts" by Juan J. Fierro, Hydro International,Jan/Feb 2001, pp.7-9.

Data Authority

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N/oes33, Ssmc4, Room 6531
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring,
MD 20910

Data

Data Notes

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