GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 228 |
| Station name | Ammassalik, Greenland |
| Country | Denmark |
| Time zone | 045W, GMT - 3hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 65.5 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -37 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1973, 1990-2004 |
| Responsible country | Denmark |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Palle Bo Nielsen, Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography, Overgaden o.Vandet 62B, Postboks 1919, DK-1023 Copenhagen-K, Denmark |
| GLOSS contact | Denmark |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | No |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, air pressure, salinity |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minutes |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, air pressure, salinity |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | TGBM 5298.6cm below 'bronze' mark near Ammassalik town-cairn. Also benchmark 4321.1cm below 'bronze' mark about 10m from church entrance. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | harmonic method |
| PSMSL code | 1765 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 297 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vandstand.htm and http://www.frv.dk/en/ifm/index.htm |
| Nearest Met. station | Ammassalik |
| Last updated | 2003-12-24 |
