GLOSS Station Handbook – Rikitea, Gambier

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Station information

General
Gloss number	138
Station name	Rikitea, Gambier
Country	French Polynesia
Time zone	135W, GMT - 9hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-23.13333
Longitude (+ve E)	-134.95
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1975-
Responsible country	France/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	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	15 minute interval
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 016 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 138 Document 59975
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 016a Document 016a File format
Real-time data available	No
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	USGS BM #1: Brass plate stamped 'no 1 1969' located 20ft west of the tide station set in concrete on wharf surface (established 1969)
Auxiliary benchmarks	USGS BM #2: Brass plate stamped 'no 2 1969' set in cement sidewalk at NE corner of bunkhouse close to the catchment tanks USGS BM #3: Brass plate stamped 'no 3 1969' set in concrete at side of arch on roadway leading to LDG laboratory, 1.5ft up the side IO: Brass plate, no further documentation, established Apr 1984 C: Brass plate, no further documentation, established Apr 1984
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1253
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	average of daily values
PSMSL code	1253
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 016
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