GLOSS Station Handbook – Pascua (Easter) Is.

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Station information

General
Gloss number	137
Station name	Pascua (Easter) Is.
Country	Chile
Time zone	090W, GMT - 6hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-27.15
Longitude (+ve E)	-109.45
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1957-1968 Float/stilling well 1969-2001 Bubbler 2001- Differential pressure transducer.
Responsible country	Chile
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Servicio Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armada, Departamento Oceanografia, Casilla 324, Valparaiso, Chile
GLOSS contact	Chile
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Location map
Instrumentation
Float	No
Pressure	Yes
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Additional parameters	Sea temperature (hourly) Air temperature (hourly) Atmospheric pressure (hourly)
Data acquisition rate	2 minute interval
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 022 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 137a Data 137b Data 137d Data 137e Document 57314 Document 57328 Document 57331 Document 58837
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 022a Data 022b Data 022c Document 022a Document 022b Document 022c File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	BM No. 16 - It is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 16, set in cement at the south corner of the warehouse located 150 m south of the tide house
Benchmark relationships	BM No. 15 (1982-1995) Removed BM No. 16 (1984-2003) BM No. 17 (1984-2003) BM No. 13A (1995-1997) BM No. 18A (1995-1997)
Auxiliary benchmarks	BM No. 17 - it is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 17, set in cement at the gate of the cold storage plant. BM No. 13A: it is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 13, set in cement at the border in the main dock.
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1272 RLR 1462
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	24 hour averages
PSMSL code	1272
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 022
Additional information
Other relevant information	PSMSL hold data from 2 other gauges at Pascua Isla (PSMSL Code 810/001 1957-1958,1962 and PSMSL Code 810/002 1977-1984). Levelling twice a year No GPS recording Radar and pressure gauges planned for the near future
Nearest Met. station	Mataveri Airport
Last updated	9 October 2003