GLOSS Station Handbook – Wellington
The GLOSS Station Handbook is currently being re-designed and upgraded.
Until a new version is available, the tide gauge station list below from the last version of the Handbook provides links to further details about each tide gauge in the GLOSS Core Network. Click column headings to sort the station list table. Click the GLOSS number buttons to view the station information.
Station information
| General | |
|---|---|
| Gloss number | 101 |
| Station name | Wellington |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -41.17 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 174.47 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation periods | 1944- |
| Responsible country | New Zealand |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Environmental Monitoring and Investigation, Greater Wellington Regional Council, P O Box 11-646, Wellington |
| GLOSS contact | New Zealand |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 071a Document 071a File format |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | BM K80/4, a stainless steel pin in concrete in the alley between the Prudential Building and the CBA Building in Lambton Quay. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 3.917m below BM K80/4 (TGBM) TGZ = 0.902m below New City Datum TGZ = 3.002m below BM K80/1 |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM K80/1 - a stainless steel pin in concrete under iron cover in Featherston Street at the intersection with Lambton Quay. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 500 RLR 221 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | Extended harmonic |
| PSMSL code | 221 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 071 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Wellington Harbour has (May 1990) installed a new gauge. UHF telemetry to Wellington Regional Council Offices where they are logged on a Vax system. Data processing using proprietery software. Conversion is available to other formats. Has GPS |
| Nearest Met. station | NZ Met. Service, Wellington |
| Last updated | 11 December 2002 |
Location map
Wellington, New Zealand
Real time data plot
Wellington, New Zealand
Real time data plot
Wellington, New Zealand
