Noumea (New Caledonia) Site History
History Summary
| Station | Noumea, New Caledonia |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Latitude | 22° 17.5' S |
| Longitude | 166° 26.2' E |
| GLOSS No | 123 |
| Time Reference | GMT (hours 00-23) |
| Contributor | UH Sea Level Center |
| Instrument Type | 1. (Nov 1975 - January 1987 )Fischer and Porter Analog-to-Digital Recorder (ADR) 2. (primary,January 1987-present) Leupold and Stevens Analog-to-Digital Recorder (ADR); 3. (backup,January 1987-present) Handar Encoder (ENC) *used as primary gauge for 1990-1992 4. OTT standard analog (OTT) 1967-11/1975 |
| Site of Gauge | |
| Observational periods | 1967 - present |
Reference Level
The entire series is relative to the French "zero de reductions des sondes 1961." The 1975-4/1981 UH data which were originally linked to the UH staff have now been adjusted to be relative to the French Zero 1961.
Benchmarks
| Benchmarks | Description |
|---|---|
| D-1 | Head of bolt fixed on the wall of 'l'anbette'. |
| H-1 | The brass bolt stamped 'S-H' is fixed in concrete at end of the pier,and is about 10ft from the tide gauge (established 1967). |
| A-1 | The iron rod is fixed in the wall of wooden landing stage called 'TARE'. |
| G-1 | The brass bolt is fixed on the concrete wall enclosing officer's parking. |
| I-1 | The bronze disc stamped 'SH', is fixed near the north west corner of the transformer house wall (A-1, G-1 and I-1 established 1980). |
Quality Assessment by the UH Sea Level Center
Comment
The daily and monthly means agree well with an adjacent station, Suva, Fiji and reveal no apparent changes in the reference level. Timing accuracy was no better than plus or minus 7 minutes prior to the installation of the Handar Encoder.
Data from OTT analog gauge used to fill the following gaps:
(09) 18 August - (21) 06 September 1989
(21) 02 October - (05) 10 October 1989
(GMT in parentheses).
| Year | CI(%) | Missing Data | Replaced Gaps or Bad Data | Questionable Fluctuations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1969 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1970 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1971 | 98 | 356-365 | none | none |
| 1972 | 100 | none | (22)274-(09)275 | none |
| 1973 | 96 | 123-128,191-196,229-233 | none | none |
| 1974 | 95 | 9-13,127-129,225-231,281-283,326-328 | (05)038-(15)038 (05)039-(15)039 (06)040-(16)040 (07)041-(17)041 (13)122-(12)123 (16)207-(10)208 (01)219-(20)219 | none |
| 1975 | 99 | 67-69,178-180 | (06)174-(05)175 | none |
| 1976 | 100 | none | none | 56-64,72-82 |
| 1977 | 100 | none | none | 36-37 |
| 1978 | 97 | 126-129,355-359 | none | none |
| 1979 | 99 | 334-336 | none | 129-134,142-148 |
| 1980 | 92 | 113-128,246-259 | none | none |
| 1981 | 99 | 66-67 | (01)207-(14)207 | none |
| 1982 | 100 | none | none | 115-116 |
| 1983 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1984 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1985 | 99 | 203-206 | none | 157 |
| 1986 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1987 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1988 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1989 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1990 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1991 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1992 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1993 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1994 | 100 | none | none | none |
| 1995 | 99 | 362-365 | none | none |
| 1996 | 99 | 1,346-348 | (04)176-(03)177 | none |
| 1997 | 99 | 001-003 | none | none |
| 1998 | 100 | none | none | none |
