Macquarie Island (Australia) Site History

History Summary

StationMacquarie Is.
CountryAustralia
Latitude54° 29.0' S
Longitude158° 58.0' E
GLOSS No130
Time ReferenceGMT (00-23 hours)
Contributor(1993-present)
Southern Ocean Sea Level Centre
National Tidal Facility
Flinders University of South Australia
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide, SA 5001
Instrument Type(1993-present) NGWLMS (Acoustic gauge)
Observational Periods1912-1913,1964,1967-1971,1973-1974,
28 December 1993 - 16 November 1999

Reference Level

All data are referred to Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) and linked into historic fixed benchmarks.

Quality Assessment

Comment

The data is of good quality and revealed no obvious reference level shifts. Only extreme fluctuations are listed below.

YearCI(%)Missing DataReplaced Gaps or Bad DataQuestionable Fluctuations
199311-362nonenone
19945711-17,25-29,45-46,59-68,85-94,111-146,164-182,205-241,251-345nonenone
1995100nonenonenone
1996877-19,100-101,121-153,224-336nonenone
199733121-365nonenone
199890326-327,334-365nonenone
19996588-139,168-201,201-202,320-365nonenone