Abstract
Abstract. The main component of the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) is the GLOSS Core Network (GCN) of 290 sea level stations. The present definition of the GCN (the definition is modified every few years) is called GLOSS10. In 2012 a new GLOSS implementation plan was developed to update technical standards for GLOSS tide gauge stations, as well as describing the basic terms and obligations for Member States participating in GLOSS. The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) run the GLOSS Delayed Mode Data Centre jointly. It is responsible for assembling, quality controlling and distributing the "final" version of GLOSS sea level data sets and their supporting metadata, as well as carrying out data archaeology on historical analogue sea level records, preserving them in digital form. It also maintains the GLOSS Station Handbook and GLOSS website.
Highlights
The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) is an international programme conducted under the auspices of the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
The aim was to provide support and coordination for international and regional sea level science and to improve the quantity and quality of Mean Sea Level (MSL) data supplied to the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) (Fig. 1)
Sea level data are vital to scientists studying major ocean currents and global climate change, to engineers designing coastal installations, to those engaged in operational oceanography and in local applications such as provision of tide tables
Summary
The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) is an international programme conducted under the auspices of the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). Sea level data are vital to scientists studying major ocean currents and global climate change, to engineers designing coastal installations, to those engaged in operational oceanography (e.g. provision of flood warnings from storm surges or tsunamis) and in local applications such as provision of tide tables. In many of these applications the rapid exchange of reliable data, nationally, regionally and even globally, can increase the value of the work
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