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Documentation from the global sea level observing system (GLOSS) cd

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The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) is an international programme co-ordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for the establishment of high quality global and regional sea level networks for application to climate, oceanographic and coastal sea level research. The programme became known as GLOSS as it provides data for deriving the "Global Level Of the Sea Surface"; a smooth level after averaging out waves, tides and short-period meteorological events. The main component of GLOSS is the Global Core Network (GCN) of 308 sea level stations around the world, which are maintained by 87 countries. The GLOSS network has been designed to observe large-scale sea level variations of global implications, and stations were identified at intervals of approximately 1000 km along the continental coasts and on islands, but generally not closer than 500 km. In selecting individual sites, priority is given to gauges which have been functioning for a long period.

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Previously curated at: http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/99/ The publish date on this item was its original completed date. This item was previously associated with content (as an official url) at: http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/data_browser/data_browser/badc/CDs/gloss/manual. This work was funded by: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PMSL); and, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). Associated projects: Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) Main files in this record: gloss.pdf ioc_14i.pdf ioc_14ii.pdf psmsldat.pdf readme.pdf Item originally deposited with Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) document repository by Ms Belinda Robinson. Transferred to CEDA document repository community on Zenodo on 2022-11-24

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Earth Sciences
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Meteorology
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