GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 95 |
| Station name | Syowa |
| Country | Japan |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -69 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 39.6 |
| Ocean | Southern |
| Observation period(s) | 1975- (before 1975 some non-continuous data was published) Tide gauge is sometimes changed. |
| Responsible country | Japan |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Director of the Ocean, Surveys Division, Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency, 5-3-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan |
| GLOSS contact | Japan |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Observed sea level values are connected to the benchmark 1040 which is fixed on the rock near the site by tide pole reading and levelling. |
| Benchmark relationships | BM1040 is connected to the principal benchmark for astronomical observation. |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Syowa base located in the Ongul Islands, east Antarctica has a local benchmark network. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | Measured values processed to hourly, then daily, monthly and yearly MSLs calculated |
| PSMSL code | 1396 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Measured data are sent to the geoscience laboratory in Syowa base through electric cable and recorded to memory packs. The record is checked every month. These data are retrieved by a JARE member every January when the ice breaker ship 'Shirase' is anchored at Syowa base. |
| Last updated | 1997-12-05 |
