GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 58 |
| Station name | Brisbane (West Inner Bar) |
| Country | Australia |
| Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10 hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -27.36666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 153.16666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1957-8; 1966- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Marine Operations Branch, Queensland Department of Transport, GPO Box 2595, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 10 minute recording interval |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | PSM 21764 on Bishop Island at the mouth of the Brisbane River |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 3.102m below TGBM. TGZ = 1.243m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Deck level of the beacon structure adjacent to the recorder, drill hole in north east corner of the deck (RM2). PSM 62848 - destroyed |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 822 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 59980, UHSLC 331 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Float/stilling well gauge operated on Bishop Island 1964-1966 Float/stilling well gauge operated at West Inner Bar 1966-1980 Pressure diaphram gauge operated at Bishop Island 1980-1982 PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at Brisbane (PSMSL Code 680/079 1957-1958, 1961-1964, 1966-1973, 1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1984). |
| Nearest Met. station | Brisbane Airport |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |


