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 | 710/026 |
| 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 |
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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