EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM Station Information Sheet GLOSS Number Station name Barcelona Country Spain Time zone 000E, GMT Latitude 41g 21m 01s N Longitude 2g 09m 41s E Ocean/sea Atlantic/ Responsible country Spain Committed to GLOSS No Operational? Yes Point of contact Begoña Pérez Gómez, Clima Marítimo (Puertos del Estado) Antonio López 81 28026 Madrid (Spain) Spain Tel: 34 91 335 77 12 Fax: 34 91 335 77 05 E-mail: bego@puertos.es WWW: http://www.puertos.es Authority responsible Clima Marítimo (Puertos del Estado) for tide gauge Antonio López, 81 28026 Madrid (Spain) Spain Gauge servicing interval The maintenance contractor has to visit and calibrate, if necessary, the tide gauge at least twice a year, but normally makes 4 visits during the year. A harbour employee checks the gauge every day in order to detect any malfunction. Gauge servicing agency By a contractor: Sea & Swell Observation periods 6 years Gauge type acoustic Sampling rate 5 minutes Digital data Yes Real time data No Storm surge warning gauge No Additional parameters Any other parameters MSL method Submission to PSMSL No PSMSL data holdings Other data banks Additional information Tide gauge benchmark description Name: NGP 791, on the floor, in front of the South wall of the tide house. Frequency of levelling Only pre-instalation levelling, in 1992. We are proposing a levelling for 1999. Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN 0.717 m below EUVN Tide gauge zero relative to 0.214 m below national levelling datum national levelling datum Tide gauge zero relative to Tide gauge zero is 2.652 m below NGP 791, and national levelling datum is 2.412 m below NGP 791. tide gauge benchmark Auxiliary benchmark description NGP 792 Permanent GPS within 1 km No EUREF code Campaign GPS Waiting for information from IGN. Geological substrate Sediment deposit. Gauge signal likely to No. be affected by river outflow, density changes etc Any other information