GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 94 |
| Station name | Kanmen |
| Country | China, People's Rep. |
| Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 28.08333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 121.28333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1959- |
| Responsible country | China, People's Rep. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | East China Sea Branch, SOA, 817 Pudong Main Street, Shanghai 200120, 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 (ZKZ13) was set up in 1933, about 16.9m from the northeast corner of the gauge well house. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 10.842m below the TGBM (ZKZ13) TGZ = 3.645m below MSL of the Yellow Sea (1956-old) TGZ = 3.684m below MSL of the Yellow Sea (1985-new) TGZ = 3.87m below MSL of Kanmen |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | ZKZ12: 26.2m NE of the tomb and 43.4m NW of the NW corner of Mr. Xu Tongbao's house. ZKZ12II: 16.6m NW of the NW corner of WC and 9.2m south of 5811# wire pole. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Mo (over hourly values) |
| PSMSL code | 934 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 632 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Kanmen MS |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
