GLOSS Station Handbook – Broome
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Station information
General | |
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Gloss number | 40 |
Station name | Broome |
Country | Australia |
Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -18.0 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 122.21666 |
Ocean | Indian |
Observation periods | Float gauge 1966-; Acoustic gauge 1991- |
Responsible country | Australia |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | National Tidal Centre, Australia (see GLOSS Contact Points). Department of Transport, Marine Division, PO Box 402, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia |
GLOSS contact | Australia |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | Yes |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Additional parameters | barometric pressure, water/air temperature, wind speed & direction |
Data acquisition rate | 6 minute interval |
High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 166a Document 166a File format |
Real-time data available | Yes |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmark | A P.W.D. bronze plaque stamped 'TIDAL BM' set in concrete deck of jetty above the northern end of the boat landing. |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 12.537m below TGBM. TGZ = 4.462m below Australian Height Datum (AHD). |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Admiralty BM cut in face of large rock on south side of root of jetty. EP 2 - A bolt set in concrete deck beside the telephone box on the southern end of the Transit Shed, Broome jetty. B712 - A standard brass plaque set in concrete approx. 250m south of the root of the jetty. Station Hill - a brass plaque trig. Station located 9km north of TGBM. Broome 184 - Coastal Array Primary benchmark = 12.794m AHD Tide Broome - SEAFRAME Sensor BM = 8.296m AHD C/84 - Datum for AHD heights = 8.565m AHD Broome 183 = 14.140m AHD Broome 185 = 14.093m AHD |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 1159 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Hourly means |
PSMSL code | 1159 |
Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 62650, UHSLC 166 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Float/stilling well analogue gauge operated at this location 1965-1982. Geocentric measurements: Precise ephemeris, single point doppler fix 1985: multistation GPS 1986, (Station Hill). PSMSL also hold data from another gauge at Broome (PSMSL Code 680/498, 1966-1983). |
Nearest Met. station | Broome Airport |
Last updated | 16 October 2002 |