GLOSS Station Handbook – Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Is.

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Station information

General
Gloss number	142
Station name	Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Is.
Country	France
Time zone	135W, GMT - 9hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-8.93333
Longitude (+ve E)	-140.08333
Ocean	Pacific
Observation periods	1982-
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	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	15 minute interval
Fast delivery data at UHSLC	Data 031 File format
High frequency data at BODC	Data 142 Document 59031
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 031a Document 031a File format
Real-time data available	Yes
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	BM1: 1 inch stainless disc without stamp set in dark grey epoxy on the concrete light base at corner of the pier behind the capitanerie offices.
Auxiliary benchmarks	BM3A: In front of cement beam which separates the 2 centre stalls of the copra shed. BM4: stainless steel disc set in white epoxy in centre of concrete structure which supports the new tide station. BMSWE: top of 6 inch round black ABS housing bolted onto the west tide well pipe at about the 5 foot level (ref. level switch).
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 1555
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	average of daily values
PSMSL code	1555
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 031
Additional information
Other relevant information	Backup gauge: Handar encoder (Apr 1986 - ). 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	5 December 1993