GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 78 |
| Station name | Zhapo |
| Country | China, People's Rep. |
| Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 21.58333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 111.83333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1957- |
| Responsible country | China, People's Rep. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | South China Sea Branch, SOA, 353 Xingangzhong Road, Guangzhou 510300, China |
| GLOSS contact | China |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Surface T and S, wave and meteorological parameters |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at hourly intervals |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Surface T and S, wave and meteorological parameters |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | TGBM (ZPZ8) is 5.9m to the corner of the nearer house in the north direction, 9.5m to the corner of a house in the east direction and 2.5m to the corner of a house in the west direction. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 7.526m below ZPZ8. TGZ = 1.366m below the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 1.405m below the MSL of the Yellow Sea (1985-new) TGZ = 4.554m below BM2 |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | TBM is 43.2m from BM2. BM2 is 26.8m from the SE corner of the old gauge well house and 19m to the north corner of the old wharf. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Mo (over hourly values) |
| PSMSL code | 933 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 635 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Zhapo MS |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
