GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 79 |
| Station name | Laohutan (Dalian) |
| Country | China, People's Rep. |
| Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 38.86666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 121.68333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1926-1943, 1952-1979 (Dalian), 1980- (Laohutan) |
| Responsible country | China, People's Rep. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | North China Sea Branch, SOA, 22 Fushun Road, Qingdao 266033, 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 (WCSBM) is in the WC street and 3180m from the gauge well |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 5.565m below WCSBM. TGZ = 2.206m below MSL of Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 2.246m below MSL of Yellow Sea (1985-new) TGZ = 2.233m below MSL of Dalian (outside Shanghaiguan) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Mo (over hourly values) |
| PSMSL code | 723 |
| Other relevant codes | Laohutan - UHSLC 631, Dalian - UHSLC 630 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Dalian tide gauge benchmarks: TGBM (BM1) is 9.07m from south side of the north pier and 23.73m from the NE corner of the storehouse. TGZ = 6.000m below BM1 TGZ = 0.797m below BM9 (located on the window sill on the first floor of Dalian Port Office building) TGZ = 2.1279m below MSL of Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 2.166m below MSL of Yellow Sea (1985-new) |
| Nearest Met. station | Dalian MS |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
