GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 137 |
Station name | Pascua (Easter) Is. |
Country | Chile |
Time zone | 090W, GMT - 6hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -27.15 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -109.45 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1957-1968 Float/stilling well 1969-2001 Bubbler 2001- Differential pressure transducer. |
Responsible country | Chile |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Servicio Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armada, Departamento Oceanografia, Casilla 324, Valparaiso, Chile |
GLOSS contact | Chile |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | No |
Pressure | Yes |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Sea temperature (hourly) Air temperature (hourly) Atmospheric pressure (hourly) |
Data acquisition rate | 2 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 | |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature (hourly) Air temperature (hourly) Atmospheric pressure (hourly) |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | BM No. 16 - It is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 16, set in cement at the south corner of the warehouse located 150 m south of the tide house |
Benchmark relationships | BM No. 15 (1982-1995) Removed BM No. 16 (1984-2003) BM No. 17 (1984-2003) BM No. 13A (1995-1997) BM No. 18A (1995-1997) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | BM No. 17 - it is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 17, set in cement at the gate of the cold storage plant. BM No. 13A: it is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 13, set in cement at the border in the main dock. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | 24 hour averages |
PSMSL code | 1272 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 022 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | PSMSL hold data from 2 other gauges at Pascua Isla (PSMSL Code 810/001 1957-1958,1962 and PSMSL Code 810/002 1977-1984). Levelling twice a year No GPS recording Radar and pressure gauges planned for the near future |
Nearest Met. station | Mataveri Airport |
Last updated | 2003-10-09 |