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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number326
Station name

Hamada

CountryJapan
Time zone135E (GMT + 9 hr)
Latitude (+ve N)34.9
Longitude (+ve E)132.06666
Observation period(s)1984-2002
Responsible countryJapan
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
Japan Meteorological Agency 1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalYes
Instrumentation 
FloatYes
PressureNo
BubblerNo
AcousticYes
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Data acquisition rateOriginal data is analogue with the digitised data having an hourly interval.
Fast delivery data at UHSLCDownload h348.dat from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
High frequency data at BODCDownload g326.zip from BODC   View Hamada site history  
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload h348a.zip from UHSLC   Download documentation qa348a.dmt from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
Real-time data availableYes
Benchmarks 
Benchmark relationshipsAll data are referred to a Datum Line (DL) associated with the tide gauge. The Standard Mark (SM) is physically located near the tide gauge and is directly leveled to a First Order Bench Mark of the Geographical Survey Institute. The SM is 3.242m above the DL and 2.346m above the TP (mean sea level of Tokyo Bay, or Peil).
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Hamada
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Hamada
PSMSL code1585
Other relevant codesUHSLC 348A
Additional information 
Last updated2005-02-16