GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 117 |
Station name | Kapingamarangi, Caroline Is. |
Country | Fed. Micronesia |
Time zone | 165E, GMT + 11hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 1.1 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 154.78333 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1978- |
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 |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | None |
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 | |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | UH1: SS disc set in grey epoxy, no markings, directly over tide staff, 8 inches from edge of quay. |
Auxiliary benchmarks | UH2: SS disc set in grey epoxy, no markings, 39 ft E of tide house 10 inches from edge of quay. RM2: 3 inch aluminium disc, bearing 5D, 20ft 8 inches from staff at edge of quay. DMA31471: 3 inch aluminium disc, bearing 70D, 49 ft from staff at centre of quay. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | average of daily values |
PSMSL code | 1473 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 029 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Backup gauge on site: Handar encoder ADR (July 1985-) Daily values calculated using 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) centred on noon applied to the hourly data with respective periods of 95, 50 and 5% amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2 and 40.2 hours. |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |