EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM Station Information Sheet GLOSS Number Station name Gijón Country Spain Time zone 000E, GMT Latitude 43g 33m 33s N Longitude 5g 41m 50s W 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, s.a. Observation periods 3 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 There was a pressure sensor (ParoScientific) working at the same place since July 1992 until 1995, but the data are not reliable because of a malfunction. Tide gauge benchmark description Name: NGU 83. Frequency of levelling Pre-installation levelling in 1992 ????. A relevelling is being proposed for 1999. Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN 2.855 m below EUVN. Tide gauge zero relative to 2.327 m below the national levelling datum. national levelling datum Tide gauge zero relative to Tide gauge zero is 6,026 m below NGU 83. National Levelling Datum is 3,665 m below NGU 83. tide gauge benchmark Auxiliary benchmark description NGU 81 and NGU 82. Permanent GPS within 1 km No EUREF code Campaign GPS Waiting for information from IGN. Geological substrate Waiting for information from the harbour authority. Gauge signal likely to Waiting for information from the harbour authority be affected by river outflow, density changes etc Any other information There was a pressure sensor (ParoScientific) working at the same place since July 1992 until 1995, but the data are not reliable because of a malfunction.