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General                                  
GLOSS number228
Station name

Ammassalik, Greenland

CountryDenmark
Time zone045W, GMT - 3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)65.5
Longitude (+ve E)-37
OceanAtlantic
Observation period(s)1973, 1990-2004
Responsible countryDenmark
Authority responsible
for tide gauge		Palle Bo Nielsen, Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography, Overgaden o.Vandet 62B, Postboks 1919, DK-1023 Copenhagen-K, Denmark
GLOSS contactDenmark
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalNo
Location mapView location map for GLOSS station Ammassalik, Greenland
Instrumentation 
FloatNo
PressureYes
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Additional parametersSea temperature, air pressure, salinity
Data acquisition rate15 minutes
High frequency data at BODCDownload g228.zip from BODC   View Ammassalik, Greenland site history  
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload h297a.zip from UHSLC   Download documentation qa297a.dmt from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
Real-time data availableNo
Additional parameters (real-time)Sea temperature, air pressure, salinity
Benchmarks 
Tide gauge benchmarksTGBM 5298.6cm below 'bronze' mark near Ammassalik town-cairn. Also benchmark 4321.1cm below 'bronze' mark about 10m from church entrance.
Data at PSMSL 
MSL methodharmonic method
PSMSL code980/071
Other relevant codesUHSLC 297
Additional information 
Other relevant informationhttp://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vandstand.htm and http://www.frv.dk/en/ifm/index.htm
Nearest Met. stationAmmassalik
Last updated2003-12-24
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