GLOSS Station Handbook – Zhapo

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Station information

General
Gloss number	78
Station name	Zhapo
Country	China, People's Rep.
Time zone	120E, GMT + 8hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	21.58333
Longitude (+ve E)	111.83333
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1957-
Responsible country	China, People's Rep.
Authority responsible for tide gauge	South China Sea Branch, SOA, 353 Xingangzhong Road, Guangzhou 510300, 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 635a Document 635a File format
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	TGBM (ZPZ8) is 5.9m to the corner of the nearer house in the north direction, 9.5m to the corner of a house in the east direction and 2.5m to the corner of a house in the west direction.
Benchmark relationships	Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 7.526m below ZPZ8. TGZ = 1.366m below the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 1.405m below the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1985-new) TGZ = 4.554m below BM2
Auxiliary benchmarks	TBM is 43.2m from BM2. BM2 is 26.8m from the SE corner of the old gauge well house and 19m to the north corner of the old wharf.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 933
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Mo (over hourly values)
PSMSL code	933
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 635
Additional information
Nearest Met. station	Zhapo MS
Last updated	11 December 2002