GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 138 |
| Station name | Rikitea, Gambier |
| Country | French Polynesia |
| Time zone | 135W, GMT - 9hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -23.13333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -134.95 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1975- |
| Responsible country | France/U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minute interval |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | USGS BM #1: Brass plate stamped 'no 1 1969' located 20ft west of the tide station set in concrete on wharf surface (established 1969) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | USGS BM #2: Brass plate stamped 'no 2 1969' set in cement sidewalk at NE corner of bunkhouse close to the catchment tanks USGS BM #3: Brass plate stamped 'no 3 1969' set in concrete at side of arch on roadway leading to LDG laboratory, 1.5ft up the side IO: Brass plate, no further documentation, established Apr 1984 C: Brass plate, no further documentation, established Apr 1984 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1253 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 016 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | 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 | 1992-09-26 |
