GLOSS Station Handbook – Syowa

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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	95
Station name	Syowa
Country	Japan
Latitude (+ve N)	-69.0
Longitude (+ve E)	39.6
Ocean	Southern
Observation periods	1975- (before 1975 some non-continuous data was published) Tide gauge is sometimes changed.
Responsible country	Japan
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Director of the Ocean, Surveys Division, Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency, 5-3-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan
GLOSS contact	Japan
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	No
Pressure	Yes
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	Yes
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	Observed sea level values are connected to the benchmark 1040 which is fixed on the rock near the site by tide pole reading and levelling.
Benchmark relationships	BM1040 is connected to the principal benchmark for astronomical observation.
Auxiliary benchmarks	Syowa base located in the Ongul Islands, east Antarctica has a local benchmark network.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	Yes (Monthly metric data only available)
MSL method	Measured values processed to hourly, then daily, monthly and yearly MSLs calculated
PSMSL code	1396
Additional information
Other relevant information	Measured data are sent to the geoscience laboratory in Syowa base through electric cable and recorded to memory packs. The record is checked every month. These data are retrieved by a JARE member every January when the ice breaker ship 'Shirase' is anchored at Syowa base.
Last updated	5 December 1997