EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM 

                                 Station Information Sheet 


 GLOSS Number
 Station name                            TARIFA 
 Country                                 Spain
 Time zone                               000E, GMT
 Latitude                                   36º 00' N 
 Longitude                                  05º 36' 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 band paper is changed and there is a complete service twice a year.

 Gauge servicing agency                  our agency

 Observation periods                     18+26+7 (1943-1961) and (1963-1989) and (1991-1998)

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

 Additional parameters                   Atmospheric pressure
 Any other parameters                   

 MSL method				                  

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


 Tide gauge benchmark description        Clavo CRUZ. Located in the stilling well mouth.

 Frequency of levelling                  Not very often

 Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN        TGZ under EUVN is -1.448 meters.

 Tide gauge zero relative to             TGZ under NMA is -0.9712
 national levelling datum                

 Tide gauge zero relative to             Clavo CRUZ over TGZ is 3.3 meters. Clavo CRUZ over NMA is 2.3288 meters.
 tide gauge benchmark                    

 Auxiliary benchmark description         NGM-353, ss-NGM-92

 Permanent GPS within 1 km               No
 EUREF code                              
 Campaign GPS                            MAGIES 93, SELF, SELFII.

 Geological substrate                    sediment deposit. The tide gauge buildind is located over adam contructed with rubble infill.

 Gauge signal likely to                  No
 be affected by river
 outflow, density
 changes etc

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