EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM 

                                 Station Information Sheet 


 GLOSS Number
 Station name                            SANTANDER 
 Country                                 Spain
 Time zone                               000E, GMT
 Latitude                                   43º 28' N 
 Longitude                                  03º 48' W 
 Ocean/sea                               Atlantic/ 

 Responsible country                     Spain
 Committed to GLOSS                      No
 Operational?                            Yes

 Point of contact                        María Jesús García,
                                         Instituto Español de Oceanografía
                                         Cl. Corazón de María 
                                          8       28020 Madrid  (Spain) 
                                         Spain
                                         Tel: 34 91 3473612
                                         Fax: 34 91 4135597
                                         E-mail: mjesus.garcia@md.ieo.es
                                         WWW: www.ieo.es


 Authority responsible                   Instituto Español de Oceanografía
 for tide gauge                          Cl. Corazón de María,
                                          8       28020 Madrid  (Spain) 
                                         Spain

 Gauge servicing interval                every 10 days the paper band is changed and tere is a complete service ones a year.

 Gauge servicing agency                  our agency

 Observation periods                     55 years. (1943-1988)

 Gauge type                              float
 Sampling rate                           hourly
 Digital data                            Yes
 Real time data                          No
 Storm surge warning gauge               No

 Additional parameters                   
 Any other parameters                   

 MSL method				                  

 Submission to PSMSL                     Yes
 PSMSL data holdings                     
 Other data banks			                  
 Additional information                  The information leveling is refered to the new compensation of 1998.


 Tide gauge benchmark description        NGU-84 located inside of the tide gauge buildin letf to the stilling well..

 Frequency of levelling                  Not very often

 Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN        TGZ under EUVN is -2.944 meters

 Tide gauge zero relative to             TGZ under NMA is -2.455
 national levelling datum                

 Tide gauge zero relative to             NGU-84 over TGZ is 6.306, NGU-84 over NMA is 3.851 meters
 tide gauge benchmark                    

 Auxiliary benchmark description         Plancha Mfo., NAPH-367.

 Permanent GPS within 1 km               No
 EUREF code                              
 Campaign GPS                            EUVN 97

 Geological substrate                    bedrock. The tide gauge building is located over a dam constructed with stone work.

 Gauge signal likely to                  No. Only here is some upweling when whether condictions are extremely hard.
 be affected by river
 outflow, density
 changes etc

 Any other information                   The information leveling is refered to the new compensation of 1998.