GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 57 |
| Station name | Sydney, Fort Denison |
| Country | Australia |
| Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -33.85 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 151.23333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1885- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Sydney Ports Corporation, GPO Box 25, Millers Point, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | None |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute interval |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Data archaeology | Historical manuscripts in need of digitisation |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | PM 50000 Plug in northern wall of the Department of Lands Building, Bridge Street, Sydney. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 9.700m below TGBM. TGZ = 0.925m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | PM 101 Brass plug in the stone wall on Fort Denison. PM 102 Brass plug in the stone wall on Fort Denison. PM 98 Department of Lands survey mark located at Mrs Macquarie's Point. Gas 2 Survey mark at University of NSW. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 196 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 60370, UHSLC 333 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Various float/stilling well gauges 1866-1914 at this location. Float/stilling well gauges at Camp Cove (1916-1989, 1990-). Float/stilling well gauge at Port Botany (1981-). PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at Fort Denison (PSMSL Code 680/142 1914-1929,1931-1990). Geocentric measurements: Precise ephemeris, doppler fix (Gas 2) 1982. |
| Nearest Met. station | Fort Denison Auto. Weather Stn |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
