GLOSS Station Handbook – Ofunato
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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 | 87 |
| Station name | Ofunato |
| Country | Japan |
| Time zone | 135E, GMT + 9 hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 39.01666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 141.75 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation periods | 1963-, acoustic since 2006 |
| Responsible country | Japan |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Oceanographical Division, Climate and Marine Department, Japan Met. Agency, 3-4, Otemachi- 1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan |
| GLOSS contact | Japan |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 351 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 087 Document 59818 Document 59804 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 351a Document 351a File format |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | Japan Met. Agency Benchmark bolt inside tide gauge hut adjacent to stilling well |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 1.838m below Tokyo Peil (Mean Sea Level of Tokyo Bay) TGZ = 5.329m below TGBM (from 1973 onwards) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Tide Station BM 1.629m above Tokyo Peil (1997). |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1140 RLR 1364 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Mean of hourly values |
| PSMSL code | 1364 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 351 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | The TGBM is on top of the stilling well. Another benchmark is near the station which is used to decide the height of the TGBM and monitor the height of the tide station. This second benchmark is levelled in to the nearest first class benchmark which is part of the network operated by the Geographical Survey Institute, Ministry of Construction. Heights of benchmarks are described as above Tokyo Peil (TP). |
| Nearest Met. station | Ofunato |
| Last updated | 20 November 1997 |
Location map
Ofunato, Japan
Real time data plot
Ofunato, Japan
Real time data plot
Ofunato, Japan
