GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 324 |
| Station name | Wakkanai |
| Country | Japan |
| Time zone | 135E (GMT + 9 hr) |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 45.41666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 141.68333 |
| Observation period(s) | 1967-2002 |
| Responsible country | Japan |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Japan Meteorological Agency 1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Original data is analogue with the digitised data having an hourly interval. |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Benchmarks | |
| Benchmark relationships | All 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 3.745m above the DL and 2.238m above the TP (mean sea level of Tokyo Bay, or Peil). |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| PSMSL code | 1103 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 360A |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2005-02-16 |
