EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM 

                                 Station Information Sheet 


 GLOSS Number
 Station name                            Vigo 
 Country                                 Spain
 Time zone                               000E, GMT
 Latitude                                   42g 14m 33s N 
 Longitude                                  8g 43m 35s 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.

 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                  No strong currents neither waves can influence the signal. The quay was made of stone during the 40's.


 Tide gauge benchmark description        NGO 999: inside the tide house, on the floor next to the principal well

 Frequency of levelling                  Only preinstallation levelling (1992). Proposal of relevelling for 1999.

 Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN        Unknown.

 Tide gauge zero relative to             1,401 meters below national levelling datum.
 national levelling datum                

 Tide gauge zero relative to             Tide gauge zero is 6,141 m below NGO 999 and national levelling datum is 4,740 m below NGO 999.
 tide gauge benchmark                    

 Auxiliary benchmark description         NGN 800 and NAPG 470.

 Permanent GPS within 1 km               No
 EUREF code                              
 Campaign GPS                            

 Geological substrate                    bedrock

 Gauge signal likely to                  It is located inside an estuary with a clear estuaric circulation.
 be affected by river
 outflow, density
 changes etc

 Any other information                   No strong currents neither waves can influence the signal. The quay was made of stone during the 40's.