GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 115 |
| Station name | Pohnpei, Caroline Is. |
| Country | Fed. Micronesia |
| Time zone | 165E, GMT + 11hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 6.59 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 158.15 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1974- |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | Micronesia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minutes, filtered to hourly values |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | USGS 1: standard disk, stamped 'No.1 1969', set in concrete deck at 3ft north of Net P Pier Warehouse (established 1969) |
| Benchmark relationships | Datum of data is tide staff zero Datum is 2.477m below USGS 1 (Apr 1990) Datum is 2.903m below UH B-1 (Apr 1990) Datum is 2.518m below UH B-2 (Apr 1990) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | UH B-1: standard silver disk set in concrete 1.5 ft right of tide gauge house door (established Apr. 1981) UH B-2: standard silver disk set in concrete 21 ft from SE corner of gauge house (established Apr. 1981) UH B3: standard silver disk set in concrete 50 ft from SE corner of gauge house (established Apr. 1981) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 710/031 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 001 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Backup gauge on site: Handar encoder ADR (Nov 82-) Daily values calculated using 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) centred on noon applied to the hourly data with respective periods of the 95, 50 and 5% amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2 and 40.2 hours. PSMSL also hold data from another gauge 710/030. |
| 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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