GLOSS Station Handbook – Suva

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Station information

General
Gloss number	122
Station name	Suva
Country	Fiji
Time zone	180E, GMT + 12hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-18.13333
Longitude (+ve E)	178.43333
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1975-1988 Float/stilling well 1989- Acoustic added
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, wind speed & direction, air & water temperature
Data acquisition rate	Recorded at 6 minute intervals
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 018 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 122 Document 77230 Document 57284
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 018a Data 018b Document 018a Document 018b File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	NOS benchmark disk stamped '1 1989' set in concrete sea wall of the dockat Kings Wharf near the Ports Authority Office Building.
Benchmark relationships	TGBM = 8.89 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 6.64 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 4.71 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch)
Auxiliary benchmarks	2 1989 Screw 6 unstamped 3 1989 Screw 7 unstamped 4 1989 Screw 8 unstamped 5 1989 1-TG unstamped: brass screw inset in triangle 2ft S of tide house and 1.5 ft from edge of wharf
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1327
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Hourly means
PSMSL code	1327
Other relevant codes	NTF port no. 67050, UHSLC 018
Additional information
Other relevant information	A gauge was maintained on behalf of the TOGA Sea Level Center until it was withdrawn in May 1989 (PSMSL Code 742/013 1975-1989). A gauge at Kings Wharf was destroyed in Nov 1983 and the station was relocated to Walu Bay Naval Facility (operated by Univ. Hawaii). There was an overlap of 3 months with the new NOAA gauge and the Walu gauge. PSMSL also hold data from another gauge (PSMSL Code 742/011 1960-1961,1964). NTF took over the gauge from NOAA in November 1997.
Nearest Met. station	Laucala Bay, Suva
Last updated	16 October 2002