GLOSS Station Handbook – Pohnpei, Caroline Is.

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Station information

General
Gloss number	115
Station name	Pohnpei, Caroline Is.
Country	Fed. Micronesia
Time zone	165E, GMT + 11hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	6.59
Longitude (+ve E)	158.15
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	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	Micronesia
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 minutes, filtered to hourly values
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 001 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 115a Data 115b Document 64351 Document 57158
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 001a Data 001b Document 001a Document 001b File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	USGS 1: standard disk, stamped 'No.1 1969', set in concrete deck at 3ft north of Net P Pier Warehouse (established 1969)
Benchmark relationships	Datum of data is tide staff zero Datum is 2.477m below USGS 1 (Apr 1990) Datum is 2.903m below UH B-1 (Apr 1990) Datum is 2.518m below UH B-2 (Apr 1990)
Auxiliary benchmarks	UH B-1: standard silver disk set in concrete 1.5 ft right of tide gauge house door (established Apr. 1981) UH B-2: standard silver disk set in concrete 21 ft from SE corner of gauge house (established Apr. 1981) UH B3: standard silver disk set in concrete 50 ft from SE corner of gauge house (established Apr. 1981)
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1370
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	average of daily values
PSMSL code	1370
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 001
Additional information
Other relevant information	Backup gauge on site: Handar encoder ADR (Nov 82-) 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. PSMSL also hold data from another gauge 710/030.
Last updated	5 December 1993