GLOSS Station Handbook – Male
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 | |
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Gloss number | 28 |
Station name | Male |
Country | Maldives |
Time zone | 075E, GMT + 5hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 4.16666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 73.5 |
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 | No |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | Yes |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | Hourly intervals |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 108 File format |
High frequency data at BODC | Data 028a Data 028b Document 58994 Document 58977 |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 108a Data 108b Document 108a Document 108b File format |
Real-time data available | No |
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1753 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | average of daily values |
PSMSL code | 1753 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 108 |
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. |
Last updated | 5 December 1993 |