GLOSS Station Handbook – Mawson
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Station information
| General | |
|---|---|
| Gloss number | 22 |
| Station name | Mawson |
| Country | Australia |
| Time zone | 090E, GMT + 6hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -67.6 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 62.86666 |
| Ocean | Southern |
| Observation periods | 1986-1987, Mar-May 1992, Mar 1993- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS 7050, Australia - Tel: 613 6232 3528 - Fax: 613 6232 3351 - E-mail: henk_bro@antdiv.gov.au |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| 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 | Water temperature, atmospheric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | 10 minute recording interval |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 022 Document 77230 Document 66886 |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | AUS258 - Tide Gauge Benchmark Two new Tide gauge bench marks are being installed in December 1997 |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = Chart Datum AUS 600 (1956) TGZ = 2.505m below TGBM (1956) TGZ = 0.549m below Mean Sea Level (MSL) 1956 |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | ISTS 051 Mawson PAGEOS station. Plain bronze disk set in a drilled hole in bedrock, stamped INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE TRIANGULATION STATION No. 051 1969. ISTS 051 RM2 (NMS 192) Reference mark to ISTS 051. Bollard No.3 Top centre of mooring bollard No.3, on the east shore of Horseshoe Harbour, 5.5m south east of NMV/S/11. See the following web site for levelling at Mawson: http://www.auslig.gov.au/geodesy/antarc/mawsontg.htm |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 1814 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 20080 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Observations Jun - Sep 1956, Horseshoe Harbour. Bottom mounted pressure gauge on-site 1986-1987. |
| Nearest Met. station | Mawson Station |
| Last updated | 16 October 2002 |
Location map
Mawson, Australia
