| General | |
| GLOSS number | 78 |
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| Station name | Zhapo |
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| Country | China, People's Rep. |
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| Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | 21.58333 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | 111.83333 |
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| Ocean | Pacific |
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| Observation period(s) | 1957- |
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| Responsible country | China, People's Rep. |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | South China Sea Branch, SOA, 353 Xingangzhong Road, Guangzhou 510300, China |
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| GLOSS contact | China |
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| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
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| Operational | Yes |
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| Location map |  |
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| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
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| Pressure | No |
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| Bubbler | No |
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| Acoustic | No |
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| Radar | No |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Additional parameters | Surface T and S, wave and meteorological parameters |
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| Data acquisition rate | Recording at hourly intervals |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
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| Real-time data available | No |
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| Additional parameters (real-time) | Surface T and S, wave and meteorological parameters |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | 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. |
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
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| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
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| MSL method | Mo (over hourly values) |
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| PSMSL code | 610/002 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 635 |
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| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Zhapo MS |
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| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
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