GLOSS Station Handbook – Ammassalik, Greenland
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Until a new version is available, the tide gauge station list below from the last version of the Handbook provides links to further details about each tide gauge in the GLOSS Core Network. Click column headings to sort the station list table. Click the GLOSS number buttons to view the station information.
Station information
General | |
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Gloss number | 228 |
Station name | Ammassalik, Greenland |
Country | Denmark |
Time zone | 045W, GMT - 3hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 65.5 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -37.0 |
Ocean | Atlantic |
Observation periods | 1973, 1990-2004 |
Responsible country | Denmark |
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 contact | Denmark |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | No |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | No |
Pressure | Yes |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Sea temperature, air pressure, salinity |
Data acquisition rate | 15 minutes |
High frequency data at BODC | Data 228 Document 62665 |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 297a Document 297a File format |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmark | TGBM 5298.6cm below 'bronze' mark near Ammassalik town-cairn. Also benchmark 4321.1cm below 'bronze' mark about 10m from church entrance. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
MSL method | harmonic method |
PSMSL code | 1765 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 297 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vandstand.htm and http://www.frv.dk/en/ifm/index.htm |
Nearest Met. station | Ammassalik |
Last updated | 24 December 2003 |