GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 104 |
| Station name | Minami-tori-shima |
| Country | Japan |
| Time zone | 135E, GMT + 9 hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 24.18 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 153.58 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1996- |
| 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 |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 10 seconds |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark at GPS point operated 24-hour, which is 100m distant from the tide gauge |
| Benchmark relationships | The relation can apply since April 1996 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | Average of hourly readings of tide |
| PSMSL code | 1875 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Minamitorishima Met. Observing |
| Last updated | 1997-11-20 |
