GLOSS Station Handbook – Noumea, New Caledonia
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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 | 123 |
| Station name | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Country | France |
| Time zone | 165E, GMT + 11hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -22.3 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 166.43333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation periods | 1967-; hourly values 1975- |
| Responsible country | France/U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | SHOM, previously Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road MSB 307, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. |
| GLOSS contact | France |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 15 minute interval |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 019 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 123 Document 57298 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 019a Document 019a File format |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | D-1: head of bolt fixed on wall of 'l'anbette' |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | H-1: brass bolt stamped 'S-H' fixed in concrete at end of the pier, about 10ft from tide gauge (established 1967) A-1: iron rod fixed in wall of wooden landing stage called 'TARE' G-1: brass bolt fixed on the concrete wall enclosing officer's parking I-1: bronze disc stamped 'SH', fixed near the NW corner of transformer house wall (A-1, G-1 and I-1 established 1980) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 852 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| MSL method | average of daily values |
| PSMSL code | 852 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 019 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Backup gauges: 1) Leupold and Stevens ADR (Jan 1987-) 2) Handar encoder (Jan 1987-) PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at this site (PSMSL Code 740/001 1957-1965, 1967-1974, 1976-1988). Note: 'Zero de reduction des sondes' MN's datum is 0.176ft below Univ. Hawaii tide staff zero (1975-9) and 0.039ft above MN's metric staff zero |
| Last updated | 5 December 1993 |
Real time data plot
Noumea, New Caledonia, France
