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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number7
Station name

Mogadishu

CountrySomalia
Time zone045E, GMT + 3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)2.01666
Longitude (+ve E)45.33333
OceanIndian
Observation period(s)1988-
Responsible countrySomalia
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 contactSomalia
Committed to GLOSSNo
OperationalNo
Location mapView location map for GLOSS station Mogadishu
Instrumentation 
FloatYes
PressureNo
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Data acquisition rateHourly intervals
Real-time data availableNo
Data at PSMSL 
MSL methodaverage of daily values
Additional information 
Other relevant informationDaily values calculated using 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) centred on noon applied to the hourly data with respective periods of the 95, 50 and 5% amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2 and 40.2 hours.
Last updated1992-09-26