GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 109 |
Station name | Johnston Is., Hawaiian Is. |
Country | U.S.A. |
Time zone | 165W, GMT - 11hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 16.73333 |
Longitude (+ve E) | -169.53333 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1950- |
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 | No |
Bubbler | Yes |
Acoustic | Yes |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Surface temperature, density |
Data acquisition rate | Digital gauge: 6 minute interval (after 1975) Analog gauge: hourly heights (before 1975) |
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) | Surface temperature, density |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark 13(1955) is the primary benchmark (PBM) stamped 'NO 13 1955' set in a concrete bulkhead cap at the inshore end of the small boat pier |
Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 9.35ft above Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum) NOAA Chart Datum (MLLW) is 1.74ft above Station Datum Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 2.81ft above Station Datum |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 10 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and the Tide Station on a yearly basis (BM 21, BM 28, BM 22, BM 19, BM L, BM 6, BM 12, BM 14, BM MON JOHN, BM NO 1 JOE) |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
PSMSL code | 598 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 052 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | NOAA can no longer travel to the gauge |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |