National Report of Cote d'Ivoire to the
    Sixth Meeting of the GLOSS Group of Experts, Toulouse, 12-14 May 1999

                             by Angora Aman
         Université de Cocody, UFR SSMT, 22 BP 582 Abidjan RCI
                          Angora.Aman@orstom.ci

In Cote d'Ivoire we will have two tide gauges, one established at
Abidjan (East) and the other at San Pedro (West). The former is
controlled by the Government and with the reconstruction of the harbour
at Abidjan it has become difficult to collect tidal data for sea level
studies.  It is urgent to address a letter to the Government in order
to permit researchers collecting data for the GLOSS programme. The
second tide gauge has been acquired by the CROA (Centre de Recherche
Oceanologique d'Abidjan). The site of San Pedro located in the west of
Cote d'Ivoire has been appropriated and the tide gauge technician based
at San Pedro will be responsible for the operation and maintenance.
[The release of this IOC provided gauge from customs is expected
shortly - PLW].

Recommendations:

1. A letter must be address to the Cote d'Ivoire Government by the
GLOSS Chairman in order to let researchers collect tidal data for sea
level measurements.

2. To access the tidal data in real time a transmission system is
needed. Two computers are required (one in Abidjan at CROA and one in
San Pedro) which must be connected.

3. Free software are needed for tidal data analysis. [All attendees at
the University of Cape Town Training Course in November 1998 were
provided with TASK-2000 software. If extra copies are needed then
Woodworth may be contacted and/or Pat Caldwell at the University of
Hawaii can provide copies of their software - PLW].

4. Maintenance of tide gauge established at San Pedro in charge of the
GLOSS programme.

5. Money for the technician who is in charge of collecting data.

[I believe items 4 and 5 are a misunderstanding of how GLOSS works,
primarily by national contributions to an international programme.
Moreover, the acceptance by Cote d'Ivoire of the gauge was on condition
that it would be installed and operated on behalf of GLOSS - PLW].