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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number58
Station name

Brisbane (West Inner Bar)

CountryAustralia
Time zone150E, GMT + 10 hrs
Latitude (+ve N)-27.36666
Longitude (+ve E)153.16666
OceanPacific
Observation period(s)1957-8; 1966-
Responsible countryAustralia
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
Marine Operations Branch, Queensland Department of Transport, GPO Box 2595, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
GLOSS contactAustralia
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalYes
Instrumentation 
FloatNo
PressureNo
BubblerYes
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Data acquisition rate10 minute recording interval
Fast delivery data at UHSLCDownload h331.dat from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload h331a.zip from UHSLC   Download documentation qa331a.dmt from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
Real-time data availableNo
Benchmarks 
Tide gauge benchmarksPSM 21764 on Bishop Island at the mouth of the Brisbane River
Benchmark relationshipsTide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 3.102m below TGBM. TGZ = 1.243m below Australian Height Datum (AHD)
Auxiliary benchmarksDeck level of the beacon structure adjacent to the recorder, drill hole in north east corner of the deck (RM2). PSM 62848 - destroyed
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Brisbane (West Inner Bar)
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Brisbane (West Inner Bar)
MSL methodHourly means
PSMSL code822
Other relevant codesNTF port no. 59980, UHSLC 331
Additional information 
Other relevant informationFloat/stilling well gauge operated on Bishop Island 1964-1966 Float/stilling well gauge operated at West Inner Bar 1966-1980 Pressure diaphram gauge operated at Bishop Island 1980-1982 PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at Brisbane (PSMSL Code 680/079 1957-1958, 1961-1964, 1966-1973, 1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1984).
Nearest Met. stationBrisbane Airport
Last updated2002-10-16