BODC FIXED STATION DOCUMENT NO.  61111                     
                                                                                
                        Site History: Rodrigues, Mauritius                      
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    Station              : Rodrigues                Latitude:  19 40.1S         
    Country              : Mauritius               Longitude: 063 25.1E         
    GLOSS No.            : 019                Time Reference: GMT (hours 00-23) 
    Contributor          : UH Sea Level Center in collaboration with            
                           Meteorological Services, Vacoas, Mauritius           
    Instrument Type      : 1) Leupold and Stevens (LS), model A-71,             
                           2) Handar 436-A, Encoder (ENC),                      
                           3) Handar 436-B (ENB); all float gauges              
                           *primary gauge LS (1986-92), ENC (1993-)             
    Site of Gauge        :                                                      
    Observational periods: 1986 - 1997                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Reference Level:                                                            
    The  sea level heights are referred to the zero point assigned to the  tide 
    gauge.                                                                      
                                                                                
    Tide gauge benchmark (TGBM) description:                                    
    A bolt at the edge of the wharf of the tide gauge                           
                                                                                
    Auxiliary benchmarks:                                                       
    1. Brass  tube fixed on a wall in marine service area about 200m  from  the 
       tide gauge station.                                                      
    2. One benchmark located near the entrance of the Port.                     
                                                                                
    Benchmark relationships:                                                    
    Zero of tide staff tied to benchmark which is a point on Beam XII which  is 
    adjacent to tide gauge station.  The height of the beam is 1.98m above mean 
    sea level.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Quality Assessment by the UH Sea Level Center:                              
                                                                                
    Comment: The daily  or  monthly means do not  reveal  any obvious reference 
             level changes or trends.   Timing errors are evident in the hourly 
             data, especially during 1987.                                      
                                                                                
                   CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE       
             YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS       
             ---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- 
             1986  15 none                 none            318-323              
             1987  88 234-275,364-365      (05)076-(00)077 43-44,49-50,66,71-   
                                           (12)173-(03)174 73,77-80,83-92,94-   
                                                           95,97-101,105-106,   
                                                           119-120,128,130,133- 
                                                           135,145-148,163,165, 
                                                           192-193,213,219-228, 
                                                           276-277,290-294,299, 
                                                           320-321,326,339-341  
             1988  82 4-11,137-152,        none            3-4,36-38,40,42,51-  
                      274-312,352-359                      55,61,69,93-94,98-   
                                                           99,266-267,316-319,  
                                                           329-330              
             1989  88 168-171,207-212,     none            34-36,62,95-96,115-  
                      303-340                              117,124,154-155,191- 
                                                           192,198,204,226,245- 
                                                           246,258-262,272-276  
             1990  86 79-86,91-132,        none            263,293-294          
                      264-269                                                   
             1991 100 none                 none            20,117-118,284-286   
             1992  96 92-93,128-129,       none            none                 
                      240-251                                                   
             1993 100 none                 none            none                 
             1994 100 none                 none            none                 
             1995 100 none                 none            none                 
             1996  99 363-365              none            none                 
             1997 100 none                 none            none