Data and Station Information for PENRHYN

Station Information

Station ID:	1450
Latitude:	-9.016667
Longitude:	-158.066667
GLOSS ID:	143
Coastline code:	775
Station code:	1
Country:	COOK ISLANDS
Time span of data:	1977 – 2018
Completeness (%):	95
Date of last update:	28 Jan 2020

Green Arrow:	Current Station
Yellow Marker:	Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker:	Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at PENRHYN.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at PENRHYN.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution. NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: penr
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 24: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 24: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-10-08

RLR(1989) IS 8.1M BELOW BM 1 8/10/91

Documentation added 1996-10-08

Gauge type: (primary,Apr 1977-present) Leupold and Stevens Analog-to-Digital Recorder (ADR); (backup,Jul 1986-present) Handar Encoder (ENC)Primary gauge:ADR:1977-90,ENC:1991-

Documentation added 2010-11-17

The complete dataset 1977-Sept. 2010 has been supplied by UHSLC. After checking these with existing data values they have been loaded onto the database. RLR remains 5.940m.

Documentation added 2013-10-14

Complete dataset April 1977 to April 2012 downloaded onto the database from UHSLC

Documentation added 2015-11-04

Complete updated JASL dataset loaded onto the database. Pat Caldwells report on the updated data confirms that data for 2007-2012 has been adjusted for a calibration change.

Documentation added 2016-01-06

Using information from the UH levelling sheet the RLR diagram has been revised. Value of the Primary benchmark
BM 1 was taken from levelling in 1977 and 1984. The value for BM 1 in subsequent levelling exercises wander slightly. A new primary benchmark BM 6 was installed in March 2000 with a value of 2.1006m. This has remained stable through to the last levelling carried out in 2013. Primary benchmark BM 6 has been added to the RLR diagram.

Data Authority

University of Hawaii Sea Level Center
Department of Oceanography Division of Natural Sciences
1000 Pope Road
Honolulu
Hawaii 96822

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

PENRHYN