GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 58 |
Station name | Brisbane (West Inner Bar) |
Country | Australia |
Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10 hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -27.36666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 153.16666 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1957-8; 1966- |
Responsible country | Australia |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Marine Operations Branch, Queensland Department of Transport, GPO Box 2595, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia |
GLOSS contact | Australia |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Instrumentation | |
Float | No |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | Yes |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | 10 minute recording interval |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | No |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | PSM 21764 on Bishop Island at the mouth of the Brisbane River |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 3.102m below TGBM. TGZ = 1.243m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Deck 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) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Hourly means |
PSMSL code | 822 |
Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 59980, UHSLC 331 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Float/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. station | Brisbane Airport |
Last updated | 2002-10-16 |