GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 62 |
| Station name | Darwin |
| Country | Australia |
| Time zone | 142.5E, GMT + 9.5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -12.46666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 130.85 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1958 - Float/stilling well; 1990- Acoustic |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Darwin Port Authority, GPO Box 390, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia also: National Tidal Centre, Australia (see GLOSS Contact Points). |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | barometric pressure, water and air temperature, wind speed and direction |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 6 minute intervals - average of 30 second samples |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | barometric pressure, water and air temperature, wind speed and direction |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM 70/8 bronze plaque at ground level behind kerb at corner of Kitchener Drive and the boom shed road. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD) TGZ = 3.975m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) TGZ = 10.335m below BM 70/8 |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM 100: 10x30mm brass block with identification tag set in concrete retaining wall at the abutment of Stokes Hill Wharf. BM 3046: top of south east corner holding down bolt on base plate of power pole at the abutment of Fort Hill Wharf. BM 3047: bolt near the tide gauge hut, Fort Hill Wharf. NTS302 NM/G/21 = Pillar = Coastal Array Primary BM BM491 Datum for AHD Heights = 28.542m AHD and 32.517m = above Chart Datum BM 4566 = SEAFRAME Sensor BM =3D 6.374m AHD and 10.349m above Chart Datum BM 4565 = 27.298m AHD and 31.273m above Chart Datum BM 4564 = 27.228m AHD and 31.203m above Chart Datum BM 4479 = 6.368m AHD and 10.343m above Chart Datum BM 4480 = 6.343m AHD and 10.318m above Chart Datum BM 4478 = 6.309m AHD and 10.284m above Chart Datum BM 4481 = 5.491m AHD and 9.466m above Chart Datum BM 4482 = 5.801m AHD and 9.776m above Chart Datum |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 935 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 63230, USHLC 168 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Float/stilling well gauge at Fort Hill Wharf (1954-1959). Float/stilling well gauge at Stokes Hill Wharf (1957-1986). Float/stilling well gauge at New Fort Hill Wharf (1981 onward). Geocentric measurement: Precise ephemeris, single point doppler fix U605 Emery Point 1974, approx. 4km from gauge. |
| Nearest Met. station | Darwin Airport |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
