Pago Pago (Samoa) Site History
History Summary
Station | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
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Country | USA Trust |
Latitude | 14° 16.8' S |
Longitude | 170° 41.4' W |
GLOSS No | 144 |
Time Reference | GMT (hours 00-23) |
Contributor | National Ocean Service (NOS) (1973+)
National Ocean. and Atmos. Administration (NOAA) US Coastal Geodetic Survey (1905-1972); |
Instrument Type | Standard mechanical (1948-1974)
Analog-to-digital (ADR) recorder (1975-1990) Aquatrak acoustic gauge, NOAA Next Generation Water Level Measuring System (NGWLMS) (1991-2000) |
Site of Gauge | The gauges are situated near the oil dock, west of Goat Island Point. |
Observational Periods | 1948 - 2000 |
Please note that the position information has been altered in this document - see document 83916
Reference Level
All heights have been referred to the station tide staff zero which is linked to fixed benchmarks.
Tide Gauge Benchmark (TGBM) Description
Benchmark M 1983 the primary benchmark is stamped '0000 M 1983', and is set in a bedrock outcrop at the southern most corner of the wall surrounding the Government Estate.
Auxiliary Benchmarks
Eight additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and the Tide Station on a yearly basis.
Benchmark Relationships
TGBM is 13.20 feet above the Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum).
NOAA Chart Datum (MLLW) is 2.48 feet above the Station Datum.
Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 3.83 feet above the Station Datum.
Quality Assessment by the UH Sea Level Center
Comment
Reference level shifts were adjusted by adding the following to the original data:
- (-5 cm) 09Z 12 February - 22Z 20 February 1975
- (7 cm) 23Z 20 Febraury - 02Z 02 March 1975
Otherwise, the daily and monthly means in comparison with Apia suggest a level shift of about +12 cm on 1 August 1993 and of about -12 cm on 1 January 1995. This signal is under investigation by the originatiors.
The data for 1996-2000 were supplied with heights relative to MLLW. Consequently 759mm was added to refer the data to tide gauge zero.
The data for 1998-2000 were supplied in non-GMT format and had to be shifted into GMT.
Notable episodic events:
- 04-06 November 1952: Tsunami from Kamchatka
- 09-10 March 1957: Tsunami from C. Aleutians
- 23-25 May 1960: Tsunami from S.C. Chile
- 28 March 1964: Tsunami from Alaska
- December 1991: Cyclone Val
Gaps in the Data Record
The following gaps occur in the data set.
Year | CI (%) | Missing Data | Replaced Gaps or Bad Data | Questionable Fluctuations |
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1949 | 76 | 214-302 | None | None |
1950 | 100 | None | None | None |
1951 | 92 | 337-365 | None | None |
1952 | 99 | 1 | (11)173-(10)174,(22)361-(11)362 | None |
1953 | 100 | None | (21)077-(11)078,(13)169-(23)169,(01)170-(11)170,(00)218-(14)218 | None |
1954 | 100 | None | None | None |
1955 | 100 | None | None | None |
1956 | 21 | 50-338 | None | None |
1957 | 100 | None | None | None |
1958 | 100 | None | (04)192-(23)192 | None |
1959 | 100 | None | (01)210-(10)210 | None |
1960 | 100 | None | None | None |
1961 | 100 | None | None | None |
1962 | 91 | 224-258 | (18)297-(12)298 | 302-303 |
1963 | 100 | None | (22)060-(21)061 | None |
1964 | 100 | None | None | None |
1965 | 100 | None | (20)305-(05)306 | None |
1966 | 100 | None | (20)152-(07)153,(15)291-(22)291 | None |
1967 | 100 | None | None | None |
1968 | 99 | 361-364 | (12)002-(23)002,(10)003-(00)004,(15)270-(01)271 | 282,317-319 |
1969 | 100 | None | (03)338-(23)338 | None |
1970 | 100 | None | (00)206-(23)206 | None |
1971 | 100 | None | (15)053-(06)054 | None |
1973 | 100 | None | (15)265-(11)266 | None |
1974 | 100 | None | None | 98,286 |
1975 | 89 | 275-305,348-351 | None | 29-33 |
1976 | 98 | 157-159,239-241 | None | 242-243 |
1977 | 100 | None | None | None |
1978 | 93 | 38-40,62-66,189-191,196-198,208-209,264-268,321-322,341-342,353-356 | None | 195 |
1979 | 96 | 21-22,23-24,30-31,38-44 | None | None |
1980 | 97 | 97-100,306-309,314-315 | None | None |
1981 | 68 | 121-152,205-288 | (11)182-(04)183 | None |
1982 | 96 | 172-188 | None | 153-154 |
1983 | 100 | None | None | None |
1984 | 100 | None | None | None |
1985 | 100 | 153-156 | None | None |
1986 | 100 | None | None | None |
1987 | 100 | None | None | 351-359 |
1988 | 100 | None | None | None |
1989 | 100 | None | None | None |
1990 | 100 | None | None | None |
1991 | 100 | None | None | None |
1992 | 85 | None | None | None |
1993 | 100 | None | None | None |
1994 | 100 | None | None | None |
1995 | 100 | None | None | None |
1996 | 100 | None | None | None |
1997 | 100 | None | None | None |
1998 | 100 | None | None | 30-34,43-64,78-96,100-136,164-170,191-200,223-337 |
1999 | 100 | None | None | 31-41,53-68,357-365 |
2000 | 100 | None | None | 245 |