GLOSS Station Handbook – Kanmen

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Station information

General
Gloss number	94
Station name	Kanmen
Country	China, People's Rep.
Time zone	120E, GMT + 8hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	28.08333
Longitude (+ve E)	121.28333
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 632a Document 632a File format
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	TGBM (ZKZ13) was set up in 1933, about 16.9m from the northeast corner of the gauge well house.
Benchmark relationships	Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 10.842m below the TGBM (ZKZ13) TGZ = 3.645m below MSL of the Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 3.684m below MSL of the Yellow Sea (1985-new) TGZ = 3.87m below MSL of Kanmen
Auxiliary benchmarks	ZKZ12: 26.2m NE of the tomb and 43.4m NW of the NW corner of Mr. Xu Tongbao's house. ZKZ12II: 16.6m NW of the NW corner of WC and 9.2m south of 5811# wire pole.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 934
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Mo (over hourly values)
PSMSL code	934
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 632
Additional information
Nearest Met. station	Kanmen MS
Last updated	11 December 2002