GLOSS Station Handbook – Gan

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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
Gloss number	27
Station name	Gan
Country	Maldives
Time zone	075E, GMT + 5hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-0.7
Longitude (+ve E)	73.16666
Ocean	Indian
Observation periods	1987-
Responsible country	U.S.A.
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Meteorology Station, Addu Development Authority, Gan, Republic of Maldives
GLOSS contact	Maldives
Committed to GLOSS	No
Operational	Yes
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	Hourly intervals
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 109 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 027 Document 57594
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 109a Document 109a File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1707
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	average of daily values
PSMSL code	1707
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 109
Additional information
Other relevant information	Daily values calculated using 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) centred on noon applied 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 hold data from another gauge at Gan (PSMSL Code 454/001 1962-1963)
Last updated	5 December 1993