| General | |
| GLOSS number | 101 |
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| Station name | Wellington |
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| Country | New Zealand |
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| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | -41.17 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | 174.47 |
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| Ocean | Pacific |
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| Observation period(s) | 1944- |
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| Responsible country | New Zealand |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | Environmental Monitoring and Investigation, Greater Wellington Regional Council, P O Box 11-646, Wellington |
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| GLOSS contact | New_Zealand |
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| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
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| Operational | Yes |
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| Location map |  |
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| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
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| Pressure | No |
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| Bubbler | Yes |
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| Acoustic | No |
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| Radar | No |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
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| Real-time data available | No |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM K80/4, a stainless steel pin in concrete in the alley between the Prudential Building and the CBA Building in Lambton Quay. |
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| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 3.917m below BM K80/4 (TGBM)
TGZ = 0.902m below New City Datum
TGZ = 3.002m below BM K80/1
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| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM K80/1 - a stainless steel pin in concrete under iron cover in Featherston Street at the intersection with Lambton Quay. |
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| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
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| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
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| MSL method | Extended harmonic |
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| PSMSL code | 690/011 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 071 |
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| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Wellington Harbour has (May 1990) installed a new gauge. UHF telemetry to Wellington Regional Council Offices where they are logged on a Vax system. Data processing using proprietery software. Conversion is available to other formats. Has GPS |
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| Nearest Met. station | NZ Met. Service, Wellington |
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| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
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