GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 26 |
| Station name | Diego Garcia Is. |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 090E, GMT + 6hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -7.28333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 72.4 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1959-1964, 1986- |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | UK |
| Committed to GLOSS | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Air/sea temperature, barometric pressure, wind sensors |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minute intervals for Fisher and Porter ADR gauge. 6 minute intervals for New Generation gauge. |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Air/sea temperature, barometric pressure, wind sensors |
| Benchmarks | |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Benchmarks include: BM A, BM B, BM C, BM D, BM E, BM H, BM J. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1740 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 104 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Daily values calculated using 119-point centred on noon applied convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) to the hourly data with respective periods of the 95, 50 and 5% amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2 and 40.2 hours. PSMSL also hold data from 2 other gauges at Diego Garcia (PSMSL Code 453/001 1959-1964 and PSMSL Code 453/002 1969). |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
