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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number327
Station name

Abashiri

CountryJapan
Time zone135E (GMT + 9 hr)
Latitude (+ve N)44.01666
Longitude (+ve E)144.28333
Observation period(s)1968-2002
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
BubblerYes
AcousticYes
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Data acquisition rateOriginal data is analogue with the digitised data having an hourly interval.
Fast delivery data at UHSLCDownload h347.dat from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
High frequency data at BODCDownload g327.zip from BODC   View Abashiri site history  
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload h347a.zip from UHSLC   Download documentation qa347a.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 levelled to a First Order Bench Mark of the Geographical Survey Institute. The SM is 4.407m above the DL and 3.044m above the TP (mean sea level of Tokyo Bay, or Peil).
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Abashiri
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Abashiri
PSMSL code1104
Other relevant codesUHSLC 347A
Additional information 
Last updated2005-02-16