GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 142 |
| Station name | Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Is. |
| Country | France |
| Time zone | 135W, GMT - 9hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -8.93333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -140.08333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1982- |
| Responsible country | France/U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | SHOM, previously Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | France |
| 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 | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre |  |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM1: 1 inch stainless disc without stamp set in dark grey epoxy on the concrete light base at corner of the pier behind the capitanerie offices. |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM3A: In front of cement beam which separates the 2 centre stalls of the copra shed. BM4: stainless steel disc set in white epoxy in centre of concrete structure which supports the new tide station. BMSWE: top of 6 inch round black ABS housing bolted onto the west tide well pipe at about the 5 foot level (ref. level switch). |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 1555 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 031 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Backup gauge: Handar encoder (Apr 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 | 1993-12-05 |
