GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 66 |
| Station name | Honiara |
| Country | Solomon Is. |
| Time zone | 165E, GMT + 11hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -9.43333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 159.95 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | Float gauge 1974-; Acoustic gauge 1994- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | National Tidal Centre, Australia (see GLOSS Contact Points). |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| 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 | 6 minute intervals |
| 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 | MBM 001 a brass hexagonal bolt surmounted by a copper plate inscribed 'MBM 001 1981', set in concrete at the north east corner of the fuel compound of the Marine Division Building. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 2.168m below TGBM TGZ = 0.294m below Chart Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | MBM 003 a brass hexagonal bolt surmounted by a copper plate inscribed 'MBM 003 1981', set in concrete at the north west corner of the Watchkeeper's Hut (Hut reported removed 1990). MBM 004 a stainless hexagonal bolt set in squared concrete platform, situated at the west side of the Marine Divison flagpole. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 1861 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 56670, UHSLC 009 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Backup gauge on site: Handar encoder (November 1984-) PSMSL also hold data from 2 other gauges at Honiara (PSMSL Code 734/001 1957-1959, 1961 and PSMSL Code 734/003 1985-1987). 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. |
| Nearest Met. station | Honiara Meteorological Office |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
