GLOSS Station Handbook – Xiamen
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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 | 247 |
Station name | Xiamen |
Country | China, People's Rep. |
Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 24.45 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 118.06666 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation periods | 1905- |
Responsible country | China, People's Rep. |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | East China Sea Branch, SOA, 817 Pudong Main Street, Shanghai 200120, China |
GLOSS contact | China |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Surface T and S, wave and meteorological parameters |
Data acquisition rate | Recording at hourly intervals |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 376a Document 376a File format |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmark | TGBM (BM72831) is in front of 17# building of Lujiao Road, Xiamen, 4.8m NW of the well and 160m SW of the tide gauge. |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = datum level of Xiamen after 1 January 1976 TGZ = 8.788m below the BM72831 after 31 December 1975 TGZ = 3.242m below the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 3.281m below the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1985-new) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 1685 (Aux.) is at the SE corner of No. 111 building of Lujiao Road, Xiamen and 82m SW of the present tide gauge. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 727 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Mo (over hourly values) |
PSMSL code | 727 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 376 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Tide Gauge on the Rock of the River Center once used from 1905 - April 1951, about 700m NNW of the present tide gauge. |
Nearest Met. station | Xiamen MS |
Last updated | 11 December 2002 |