GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 149 |
Station name | Apra Hbr, Guam, Marianas |
Country | U.S.A. |
Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 13.43333 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 144.65 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1948- |
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 | Air temperature, barometric pressure, wind sensors |
Data acquisition rate | Digital gauge: 6 minute interval (after 1976) Analog gauge: hourly heights (before 1976) |
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) | Air temperature, barometric pressure, wind sensors |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark 4 (1949) is the primary benchmark (PBM) stamped 'NO 4 1949' set in the northwest side of a 6ft by 12ft concrete manhole in the centre of the road. |
Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 9.83ft above Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum) NOAA Chart Datum (MLLW) is 1.24ft above Station Datum Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 2.65ft above Station Datum |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 9 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and the Tide Station on a yearly basis. BM's L, 5, and USN BM1 subsided during earthquake - October 1993 site inspection was primarily for levelling due to recent earthquake. Other benchmarks include: BM 11, BM 4, BM 12, BM 13, BM 7 (P.I.E.), BM K, BM 6, BM 13 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | ![]() |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | ![]() |
PSMSL code | 540 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 053 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |