GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 65 |
| Station name | Rabaul |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -4.2 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 152.18333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | Dec 1974- |
| Responsible country | 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 | Papua_New_Guinea |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM RL 303 A Department of Lands and Survey brass plate, with pin, stamped 'RL No 303' at the north east corner of the old copra, north of Wreck Wharf, 300 yards from tide gauge. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 2.996m below TGBM (Apr 1978) Chart Datum = 3.057m below US C&GS BM 1 Chart Datum = 1.503m below 'Moresby 1941' benchmark |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM RL 431 A Dept. of Lands & Survey brass plate with pin, stamped 'RL No 431', at the corner of Malaguna Road and Coastwatchers Road, north west side of centre island along top of curbing. UH-1 A stainless steel disc 1.25 inches in diameter set in white epoxy, established by the Oceanography Dept., University of Hawaii, 4 foot north of tide staff, at centre of the curb, on Main Wharf. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| PSMSL code | 1164 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 010, NTF port no. 56200 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Other benchmarks: US C&GS BM 1 A standard brass US C&GS benchmark, marked 'No.1 1948', set in the top of a low stone wall at the seaward end of Namanula Street. Moresby BM 1941 The centre of a standard RAN hydrographic Branch circular brass triangulation plate marked 'HMAS Moresby 1941', set into a stone seawall by the swimming pool at the seaward end of Namanula St. |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
