GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 108 |
| Station name | Honolulu, Hawaiian Is. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 150W, GMT - 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 21.3 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -157.86666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1905- |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | NOAA, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, USA |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Air & sea surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Digital gauge: 6 minute interval Analog gauge: hourly heights tabulated |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | |
| High frequency data at BODC | |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Air & sea surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark 8(1913) is the primary benchmark (PBM) stamped 'BM ELV 8.06FT' set in a concrete bulkhead on the south west side of Ala Moana Boulevard across from Hawaiian Electric Company Power Plant. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 12.25ft above Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum) NOAA Chart Datum (MLLW) is 3.69ft above Station Datum Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 4.54ft above Station Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 11 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and the Tide Station on a yearly basis (BM 2, BM 12, BM 13, BM 14, BM B, BM C, BM 10, BM 11, BM 20, BM 21, BM A) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 760/031 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 057 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
Related BODC pages
| Sea level portal | World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) — Sea level | |
| UK Tide Gauge Network | Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) | |
| GLOSS project page |
Related external links
| Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) | Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) | |
| University of Hawai`i Sea Level Centre (UHSLC) | World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) |
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