GLOSS Station Handbook – Lusi

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Station information

General
Gloss number	283
Station name	Lusi
Country	China, People's Rep.
Time zone	120E, GMT + 8hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	32.13333
Longitude (+ve E)	121.61666
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1959-
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 633a Document 633a File format
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	TGBM (LZBM) was used from January 1973 to July 1980, and is about 6km from the tide gauge. Since then a new TGBM has been used - details not available.
Benchmark relationships	Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 6.110m below TGBM (LZBM) TGZ = 7.573m below TGBM (NEW) after 1 July 1980 TGZ = 2.863m below MSL of Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 2.902m below MSL of Yellow Sea (1985-new)
Auxiliary benchmarks	SU-IV-282-1 is about 7km from the tide gauge and 5.489m above the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1985-new).
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 979
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Mo (over hourly values)
PSMSL code	979
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 633
Additional information
Nearest Met. station	Lusi
Last updated	11 December 2002