Fort Denison (Sydney, Australia) Site History

History Summary

Station nameFort Denison, Sydney
CountryAustralia
Latitude33° 51.0' S
Longitude151° 14.0' E
GLOSS No.057
Time ReferenceGMT (00-23 hours)
ContributorFlinders University of South Australia
School of Earth Sciences
Bedford Park, South Australia 5042
Instrument Typeunconfirmed
Site of Gauge 
Observational Period01 January 1985 - 31 December 1987
01 January 1996 - 31 December 1998

Tide gauge benchmark (TGBM) description

BM Control

PM 50000 Plug in northern wall of the Department of Lands Building, Bridge Street, Sydney.

Auxiliary Benchmarks

PM 101 Brass plug in the stone wall on Fort Denison.
PM 102 Brass plug in the stone wall on Fort Denison.
PM 98 Department of Lands survey mark located at Mrs Macquarie's Point.
Gas 2 Survey mark at University of NSW.

Benchmark Relationships

Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 9.700m below TGBM
TGZ = 0.925m below Australian Height Datum (AHD)

Until notified otherwise, the sea level heights are assumed to be referred to the tide staff zero.

Quality Assessment

Comment

The daily and monthly values are reasonable and do not reveal any obvious errors.

YearCI (%)QI (%)Missing DataReplaced Gaps Or Bad DataQuestionable Fluctuations
1985100100none(15)021-(23)021,(01)046-(07)046,(00)080-(23)080,(13)081-(23)081,(16)085-(23)085,(00)364-(21)364,none
19869998113-117(22)040-(21)041,(00)211-(23)211,(23)306-(21)30721
1987999890-92(16)096-(00)097,(00)105-(23)10556-57
1996989881-86nonenone
1997989852-53,58-60nonenone
1998100100nonenonenone