GLOSS Station Handbook – Saipan

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Station information

General
Gloss number	118
Station name	Saipan
Country	North Mariana Is.
Time zone	150E, GMT + 10hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	15.23333
Longitude (+ve E)	145.73333
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1978-, being upgraded
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	USA
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	Yes
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	Yes
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	15 minute intervals, filtered to hourly values
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 028 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 118 Document 59913
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 028a Document 028a File format
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1474
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	average of daily values
PSMSL code	1474
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 028
Additional information
Other relevant information	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.
Last updated	26 September 1992