Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

01 Jul 2019

DAKAR

Station Information

Station ID: 476
Latitude: 14.633333
Longitude: -17.45
GLOSS ID: 253
Coastline code: 390
Station code: 1
Country: SENEGAL
Time span of data: 1942 – 1966
Completeness (%): 55
Date of last update: 01 Jan 1980

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at DAKAR.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at DAKAR.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution.
NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: DAKA, DATG, DAKR
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: dakar
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 223: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 223: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Dakar 390/001 RLR(1965) is 8.3m below Repere Fondamental

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Dakar 390/001 RLR(1965) is 8.3m below Repere Fondamental

Documentation added 2008-11-03

Following information from Guy Woppelmann the RLR diagram for Dakar was redrawn to show the relationship between benchmarks Nr.0 bis,Nr.0 and Nr.21. The UH TGZ is the same as the French Zero Hydrographique.

Data Authority

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