GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 116 |
| Station name | Chuuk Atoll, Caroline Is. |
| Country | Fed. Micronesia |
| Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 7.45 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 151.85 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1953- |
| 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 | Micronesia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| 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) |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Surface temperature, density |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark B(1948) is the primary benchmark stamped 'B 1948' set in concrete pavement along the north side of a row of 6 Quonset warehouses east of the government pier. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Benchmark is 8.05ft above the Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum). NOAA Chart Datum is 2.73ft above Station Datum. Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 3.58ft above Station Datum. |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 5 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and tide station on a yearly basis |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| PSMSL code | 528 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 054 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
