GLOSS Station Handbook – Colombo
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 | 33 |
| Station name | Colombo |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Time zone | 82.5E, GMT + 5.5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 6.93333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 79.85 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation periods | 1934-1957, 1953-1965, 1989- |
| Responsible country | Sri Lanka |
| 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 | Sri Lanka |
| Committed to GLOSS | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Hourly intervals |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 115a Data 115b Document 115a Document 115b File format |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1755 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 115 |
| 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 | 11 December 2002 |
Location map
Colombo, Sri Lanka
