GLOSS Station Handbook – Rodrigues, Port Mathurin
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Station information
General | |
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Gloss number | 19 |
Station name | Rodrigues, Port Mathurin |
Country | Mauritius |
Time zone | 060E, GMT + 4hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -19.68333 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 63.41666 |
Ocean | Indian |
Observation periods | 1987- |
Responsible country | Mauritius |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Meteorological Service, St Paul Road, Vacoas, Mauritius |
GLOSS contact | Mauritius |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | Mean Sea Level pressure |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous analogue record but hourly values computed |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 105 File format |
High frequency data at BODC | Data 019 Document 61111 |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 105a Document 105a File format |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmark | Zero of tide gauge: A bolt at the edge of the wharf of the tide gauge |
Benchmark relationships | Zero of tide staff tied to benchmark which is a point on Beam XII which is adjacent to tide gauge station. The height of the beam is 1.98m above mean sea level. |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 1. Brass tube fixed on a wall in marine service area about 200m from the tide gauge station 2. One benchmark located near the entrance of the Port. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1672 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | average of daily values |
PSMSL code | 1672 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 105 |
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. |
Nearest Met. station | Pointe Canon Met. Station |
Last updated | 20 December 1997 |