GOOS-Brazil

The stations of the GLOSS-BRAZIL network are:

#	Station	Responsible	Classification	2007
1	Rio Grande	FURG	Secondary	Under evaluation
2	Imbituba	IBGE	Principal	Operational
3	Cananéia	USP	Principal	Operational
4	Ilha Fiscal	CHM	Principal	Operational
5	Macaé (Imbetiba)	IBGE	Secondary	Operational
6	Barra do Riacho	PORTOCEL	Principal	Operational
7	Salvador	IBGE-CHM	Principal	Operational
8	Fortaleza	IBGE	Principal	Under evaluation
9	Ponta da Madeira	CVRD	Secondary	Operational
10	Ilha Trindade	CHM	Principal	Under evaluation
11	Ilha de Fernando de Noronha	CHM	Principal	Under evaluation
12	Estação São Pedro e São Paulo	INPE	Secondary	Under evaluation

Operational that the data already had been accepted for the GLOSS programme

The choice of network stations were considered taking into account the international standards established by the GLOSS Implementation Plan (IOC Series Nº 50, 1997), especially with regard to the establishment of a minimal distance between stations to the order of 500 to 1000 km.

Other institutions that may be interested in participating in the GLOSS-Brazil project shall satisfy the follwing requirements that will in due course be considered by the GLOSS Executive Sub-Committee, and satisfying the following conditions:

• Operate tide gauges in accordance with the guidelines provided by the GLOSS-Brazil Implementation Plan;
• Participate of some pertinent activity to the GLOSS-Brazil program; and
• to make systematic use of sea level information.