| General | |
| GLOSS number | 122 |
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| Station name | Suva |
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| Country | Fiji |
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| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | -18.13333 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | 178.43333 |
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| Ocean | Pacific |
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| Observation period(s) | 1975-1988 Float/stilling well
1989- Acoustic added
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| Responsible country | Australia |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | National Tidal Centre, Australia (see GLOSS Contact Points). |
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| GLOSS contact | Australia |
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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 | No |
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| Acoustic | Yes |
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| Radar | No |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Additional parameters | Barometric pressure, wind speed & direction, air & water temperature |
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| Data acquisition rate | Recorded at 6 minute intervals |
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| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
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| High frequency data at BODC |  |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
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| Real-time data available | Yes |
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| Additional parameters (real-time) | Barometric pressure, wind speed & direction, air & water temperature |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | NOS benchmark disk stamped '1 1989' set in concrete sea wall of the dockat Kings Wharf near the Ports Authority Office Building. |
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| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 8.89 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch)
TGBM = 6.64 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch)
TGBM = 4.71 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch)
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| Auxiliary benchmarks | 2 1989 Screw 6 unstamped
3 1989 Screw 7 unstamped
4 1989 Screw 8 unstamped
5 1989
1-TG unstamped: brass screw inset in triangle 2ft S of tide house and 1.5 ft from edge of wharf
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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 | Hourly means |
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| PSMSL code | 742/012 |
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| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 67050, UHSLC 018 |
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| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | A gauge was maintained on behalf of the TOGA Sea Level Center until it was withdrawn in May 1989 (PSMSL Code 742/013 1975-1989).
A gauge at Kings Wharf was destroyed in Nov 1983 and the station was relocated to Walu Bay Naval Facility (operated by Univ. Hawaii). There was an overlap of 3 months with the new NOAA gauge and the Walu gauge.
PSMSL also hold data from another gauge (PSMSL Code 742/011 1960-1961,1964).
NTF took over the gauge from NOAA in November 1997. |
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| Nearest Met. station | Laucala Bay, Suva |
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| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
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