GLOSS Station Handbook – Diego Garcia Is.
The GLOSS Station Handbook is currently being re-designed and upgraded.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Gloss number | 26 |
| Station name | Diego Garcia Is. |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 090E, GMT + 6hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -7.28333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 72.4 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation periods | 1959-1964, 1986- |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | UK |
| Committed to GLOSS | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Air/sea temperature, barometric pressure, wind sensors |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minute intervals for Fisher and Porter ADR gauge. 6 minute intervals for New Generation gauge. |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 104 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 026b Data 026c Data 026d Document 57577 Document 57580 Document 64937 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 104b Data 104c Document 104b Document 104c File format |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Benchmarks include: BM A, BM B, BM C, BM D, BM E, BM H, BM J. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1740 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1740 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 104 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Daily values calculated using 119-point centred on noon applied convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) to the hourly data with respective periods of the 95, 50 and 5% amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2 and 40.2 hours. PSMSL also hold data from 2 other gauges at Diego Garcia (PSMSL Code 453/001 1959-1964 and PSMSL Code 453/002 1969). |
| Last updated | 5 December 1993 |
Location map
Diego Garcia Is., U.K.
Location map
Diego Garcia Is., U.K.
Real time data plot
Diego Garcia Is., U.K.
