GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 105 |
| Station name | Wake Is., Marshall Is. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 19.28333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 166.61666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1950-, being upgraded 2007 |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | NOAA, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, USA |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Digital gauge - 6 minute intervals (after 1975) Analog gauge - hourly heights (before 1975) |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark 12(1961) is the primary benchmark stamped 'NO 12 1961' set in the concrete apron at the east front corner of the Federal Aviation Administration Boat House |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 14.28ft above Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum) NOAA Chart Datum is 3.94ft above Station Datum Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 5.11ft above Station Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 8 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and to the Tide Stationon a yearly basis (BM P, BM L, BM J, BM 17, BM N, BM 13, BM H, BM K). Site inspection 1993 states 'levels agree with history'. BM Q destroyed in typhoon OMAR. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 595 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 051 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
