GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 123 |
| Station name | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Country | France |
| Time zone | 165E, GMT + 11hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -22.3 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 166.43333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1967-; hourly values 1975- |
| Responsible country | France/U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | SHOM, previously Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | France |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minute interval |
| 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 | D-1: head of bolt fixed on wall of 'l'anbette' |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | H-1: brass bolt stamped 'S-H' fixed in concrete at end of the pier, about 10ft from tide gauge (established 1967) A-1: iron rod fixed in wall of wooden landing stage called 'TARE' G-1: brass bolt fixed on the concrete wall enclosing officer's parking I-1: bronze disc stamped 'SH', fixed near the NW corner of transformer house wall (A-1, G-1 and I-1 established 1980) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 740/011 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 019 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Backup gauges: 1) Leupold and Stevens ADR (Jan 1987-) 2) Handar encoder (Jan 1987-) PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at this site (PSMSL Code 740/001 1957-1965, 1967-1974, 1976-1988). Note: 'Zero de reduction des sondes' MN's datum is 0.176ft below Univ. Hawaii tide staff zero (1975-9) and 0.039ft above MN's metric staff zero |
| 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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