GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 19 |
| Station name | Rodrigues, Port Mathurin |
| Country | Mauritius |
| Time zone | 060E, GMT + 4hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -19.68333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 63.41666 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1987- |
| Responsible country | Mauritius |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Meteorological Service, St Paul Road, Vacoas, Mauritius |
| GLOSS contact | Mauritius |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Mean Sea Level pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous analogue record but hourly values computed |
| 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) | Mean Sea Level pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Zero of tide gauge: A bolt at the edge of the wharf of the tide gauge |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1672 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 105 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Daily values calculated using 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) centred on noon applied to the hourly data with respective periods of the 95, 50 and 5% amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2 and 40.2 hours. |
| Nearest Met. station | Pointe Canon Met. Station |
| Last updated | 1997-12-20 |
