GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 121 |
| Station name | Funafuti, Ellice Is. |
| Country | Tuvalu |
| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -8.38333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 179.21666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | Float gauge 1977-; Acoustic gauge 1993- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | National Tidal Centre, Australia (see GLOSS Contact Points). |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Barometric pressure, water and air temperature, wind speed and direction. |
| Data acquisition rate | 6 minute intervals |
| 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) | Barometric pressure, water and air temperature, wind speed and direction. |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | UH1: SS disc set in concrete 1ft from SW corner of tide gauge catwalk and 1ft from edge of quay. |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | UH2: SS disc set in concrete stamped 'UH-2' 70ft E of mark UH1, 8 inches from edge of quay and 15ft from NE corner of quay. UH3: SS disc in the SE corner of ramp approaching the power house 100ft E of quay. TP1: SS hex bolt set in white epoxy located 190ft N on shoreline road from UH3 & set 12ft E of road & 30ft from NW corner of Ag. Office. . |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 1839 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 67440, UHSLC 025 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Backup gauges on site: 1) Leupold Stevens ADR (August 1986-) 2) Handar Encoder (August 1986-) 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. |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
