Prince Rupert (Canada) Site History
History Summary
| Station | Prince Rupert |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| GLOSS No | 155 |
| Latitude | 54° 19.0' N |
| Longitude | 130° 20.0' W |
| Time Meridian | 120° W (GMT -8 hr) |
| Contributor | Marine Environmental Data Service,
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, S12082-200 Kent St. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A-0E6 |
| Originator | Canadian Hydrographic Service,
Institue of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000 Sidney, British Columbia, Canada V8L-4B2 |
| Instrument Type | 2 separate float gauges with BEI optical encoders (in separate wells).
Earlier data were from a Standard float/well gauge. |
| Original Data | Digital 1 minute averaged data (earlier data were analogue) |
| Observational Periods | 01 January 1909 - 28 February 1922
01 January 1963 - 01 January 2000 01 January 2007 - 01 January 2011 |
Tide Gauge Benchmark (TGBM) Description
All heights have been referred to station tide staff zero which is linked to fixed benchmarks. The controlling benchmark is BM 651, 1944, which is 9.904m above chart datum.
Quality Assessment
Comment
The hourly residuals show significant fluctuations within the tidal frequency band. It is not clear whether this is due to the inability of the tidal analysis to resolve the complex nature of the tides or errors in the timing of the instrument. Only the extreme fluctuations are listed below.
| Year | Completeness
Index (%) |
Questionable Fluctuations (In day Nos.)
and Missing Data (Gaps >6 hours up to 2007, all gaps reported after) |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 92 | Gap From 1909/02/01 at 0800 to 1909/03/01 at 0700 |
| 1910 | 80 | Gap From 1910/03/24 at 0200 to 1910/03/27 at 1800
Gap From 1910/04/12 at 0700 to 1910/06/01 at 0700 Gap From 1910/10/10 at 0700 to 1910/10/20 at 0600 Gap From 1910/12/22 at 0700 to 1911/01/01 at 0700 |
| 1911 | 57 | Gap From 1911/06/30 at 0900 to 1911/09/30 at 0800
Missing data - 1911/09/30 at 0900 to 1912/02/01 at 0700 |
| 1912 | 82 | Gap From 1912/10/17 at 1900 to 1912/10/18 at 0700
Gap From 1912/11/02 at 0700 to 1912/11/02 at 1900 Gap From 1912/12/01 at 0700 to 1913/01/01 at 0700 |
| 1913 | 99.8 | Gap From 1913/06/15 at 0800 to 1913/06/15 at 1900 |
| 1914 | 99.9 | Gap From 1914/09/08 at 0500 to 1914/09/08 at 1500 |
| 1915 | 6 | Missing data-1915/01/01 at 0800 to 1915/01/02 at 0700
Gap From 1915/01/02 at 0900 to 1915/02/02 at 1000 Gap From 1915/02/02 at 1200 to 1915/02/04 at 1000 Gap From 1915/02/04 at 2000 to 1915/04/03 at 0800 Gap From 1915/04/03 at 1100 to 1915/05/01 at 0400 Gap From 1915/05/01 at 0600 to 1915/05/17 at 1300 Gap From 1915/05/17 at 1500 to 1915/07/27 at 1700 Gap From 1915/07/27 at 2100 to 1915/09/06 at 0100 Gap From 1915/09/06 at 0300 to 1915/09/08 at 1700 Gap From 1915/09/08 at 1900 to 1915/09/24 at 1700 Gap From 1915/09/24 at 1900 to 1915/09/26 at 0600 Gap From 1915/09/26 at 0800 to 1915/09/27 at 1300 Gap From 1915/09/27 at 1500 to 1915/10/08 at 1600 Gap From 1915/10/08 at 1800 to 1915/10/21 at 2300 Gap From 1915/10/22 at 1400 to 1915/10/22 at 2300 Gap From 1915/10/23 at 0100 to 1915/10/28 at 1200 Gap From 1915/10/28 at 1400 to 1915/10/31 at 2000 Gap From 1915/10/31 at 2200 to 1915/11/03 at 0300 Gap From 1915/11/03 at 0600 to 1915/11/15 at 1100 Gap From 1915/11/15 at 1300 to 1915/11/28 at 2000 Gap From 1915/11/28 at 2200 to 1915/12/01 at 2200 Gap From 1915/12/02 at 0000 to 1915/12/17 at 2100 Gap From 1915/12/17 at 2300 to 1915/12/19 at 1600 Gap From 1915/12/19 at 1800 to 1915/12/31 at 0800 |
| 1916 | 100 | None |
| 1917 | 100 | 007-012 |
| 1918 | 99.7 | Gap From 1918/09/14 at 0800 to 1918/09/15 at 0700 |
| 1919 | 71 | Gap From 1919/01/02 at 0800 to 1919/01/07 at 1800
Gap From 1919/01/07 at 2000 to 1919/01/11 at 1100 Gap From 1919/01/11 at 1300 to 1919/01/15 at 1400 Gap From 1919/01/15 at 1600 to 1919/01/22 at 1500 Gap From 1919/01/22 at 1700 to 1919/01/23 at 1000 Gap From 1919/01/23 at 1200 to 1919/01/25 at 0000 Gap From 1919/01/25 at 0200 to 1919/02/08 at 1200 Gap From 1919/02/08 at 1400 to 1919/02/17 at 2300 Gap From 1919/02/18 at 0100 to 1919/02/25 at 1700 Gap From 1919/02/25 at 1900 to 1919/03/01 at 0200 Gap From 1919/03/01 at 0400 to 1919/03/05 at 0500 Gap From 1919/03/05 at 0800 to 1919/03/22 at 1500 Gap From 1919/03/22 at 1900 to 1919/04/21 at 0700 |
| 1920 | 100 | |
| 1921 | 30 Gap From 1921/04/11 at 0900 to 1921/07/09 at 0800
Gap From 1921/07/09 at 1000 to 1921/07/26 at 0400 Gap From 1921/07/26 at 0600 to 1921/08/11 at 0300 Gap From 1921/08/11 at 0500 to 1921/08/13 at 1200 Gap From 1921/08/13 at 1400 to 1921/08/13 at 2300 Gap From 1921/08/14 at 0100 to 1921/08/14 at 2300 Gap From 1921/08/15 at 0100 to 1921/08/23 at 0300 Gap From 1921/08/23 at 0500 to 1921/09/02 at 1700 Gap From 1921/09/02 at 1900 to 1921/09/03 at 1700 Gap From 1921/09/03 at 1900 to 1921/09/10 at 0700 Gap From 1921/09/10 at 0900 to 1921/09/24 at 1300 Gap From 1921/09/24 at 1600 to 1921/09/25 at 0000 Gap From 1921/09/25 at 0200 to 1921/09/25 at 1300 Gap From 1921/09/25 at 1500 to 1921/09/27 at 1100 Gap From 1921/09/27 at 1300 to 1921/09/28 at 0500 Gap From 1921/09/28 at 0700 to 1921/10/06 at 1100 Gap From 1921/10/06 at 1300 to 1921/10/10 at 0700 Gap From 1921/10/10 at 0900 to 1921/10/11 at 0600 Gap From 1921/10/11 at 0800 to 1921/10/16 at 1200 Gap From 1921/10/16 at 1400 to 1921/10/25 at 0700 Gap From 1921/10/25 at 1300 to 1921/10/27 at 1100 Gap From 1921/10/27 at 1500 to 1921/11/03 at 1400 Gap From 1921/11/03 at 1700 to 1921/11/20 at 1200 Gap From 1921/11/20 at 1400 to 1921/12/31 at 1300 |
|
| 1922 | 84 | Missing data-1922/01/01 at 0000 to 1922/01/08 at 0700
Gap From 1922/01/08 at 0900 to 1922/01/28 at 0700 Gap From 1922/01/28 at 0900 to 1922/01/30 at 1200 Gap From 1922/01/30 at 1400 to 1922/02/08 at 0100 Gap From 1922/02/08 at 0300 to 1922/02/28 at 1400 |
| 1963 | 100 | None |
| 1964 | 100 | 026-031 |
| 1965 | 100 | None |
| 1966 | 100 | None |
| 1967 | 100 | None |
| 1968 | 100 | 001 |
| 1969 | 100 | 328 |
| 1970 | 100 | None |
| 1971 | 100 | None |
| 1972 | 90 | 087-092
Gap From 1972/06/01 at 0800 to 1972/06/17 at 0700 |
| 1973 | 100 | None |
| 1974 | 100 | None |
| 1975 | 100 | None |
| 1976 | 100 | None |
| 1977 | 100 | 133-136 |
| 1978 | 100 | None |
| 1979 | 100 | None |
| 1980 | 100 | None |
| 1981 | 100 | None |
| 1982 | 100 | None |
| 1983 | 100 | None |
| 1984 | 100 | None |
| 1985 | 100 | None |
| 1986 | 92 | Gap From 1986/02/17 at 1600 to 1986/03/13 at 1500
Gap From 1986/11/08 at 0600 to 1986/11/10 at 2200 Gap From 1986/12/02 at 0000 to 1986/12/03 at 1700 |
| 1987 | 100 | None |
| 1988 | 99.8 | Gap From 1988/08/16 at 0800 to 1988/08/16 at 1800 |
| 1989 | 96 | 343-350
Gap From 1989/01/01 at 2100 to 1989/01/06 at 0100 Gap From 1989/07/01 at 2000 to 1989/07/05 at 1600 Gap From 1989/10/04 at 0500 to 1989/10/10 at 2100 |
| 1990 | 99 | Gap From 1990/01/30 at 0600 to 1990/01/31 at 2100
Gap From 1990/07/11 at 1700 to 1990/07/14 at 1700 |
| 1991 | 86 | 033
Gap From 1991/05/18 at 2000 to 1991/06/27 at 2300 Gap From 1991/07/31 at 2100 to 1991/08/02 at 0000 Gap From 1991/08/09 at 2100 to 1991/08/11 at 1900 Gap From 1991/08/19 at 2100 to 1991/08/22 at 2000 Gap From 1991/11/16 at 2300 to 1991/11/19 at 2000 Gap From 1991/12/24 at 2100 to 1991/12/27 at 1600 |
| 1992 | 98.6 | Gap From 1992/07/29 at 1400 to 1992/08/01 at 0200
Gap From 1992/08/28 at 1500 to 1992/08/31 at 0300 |
| 1993 | 99.4 | Gap From 1993/04/08 at 0400 to 1993/04/10 at 0200 |
| 1994 | 100 | 335-338 |
| 1995 | 100 | None |
| 1996 | 99 | 185-189,315-319
Gap From 1996/12/21 at 1000 to 1996/12/26 at 0600 |
| 1997 | 99 | 082-089,137-146,198-205,216-219,227-236,305-309,315-320
Gap From 1997/09/06 at 0900 to 1997/09/15 at 1600 |
| 1998 | 100 | 335-340 |
| 1999 | 99 | 001-005,027-032,120-124,354-357
Gap From 1999/08/30 at 0900 to 1999/09/02 at 0300 Gap From 1999/09/06 at 2300 to 1999/09/07 at 2000 |
| 2007 | 100 | None |
| 2008 | 100 | None |
| 2009 | 100 | None |
| 2010 | 99 | Gap at 2010/11/01 0800 |
