============= Gladstone Auckland Point Near Real Time Recordings =============== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The data file contains raw, unvalidated tidal height readings made by an automatic tide gauge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The data section of the file is formatted in five columns separated by whitespace. Other data that may be contained in the file include the first five rows which contain a small amount of metadata, as well as invalid data at the end. For example ".000" and "0". These lines can be ignored. The first column is the datetime in the following format: 'DDMMYYYYhhmm'. 'DD' is the day of the month as a two digit integer 'MM' is the month of the year as a two digit integer 'YYYY' is the year as a four digit integer 'hh' is the hour of the day (using 24 hour time) as a two digit integer 'mm' is the minute of the hour as a two digit integer. The second column is the water level reading in metres in the following format: 'si.fff'. 's' is a prefix indicating if the reading is positive or negative positive readings are denoted by a space ' ' negative readings are denoted by a dash '-'. 'i.fff' is the height of the recording in metres The third to fifth columns are not used and should be disregarded. For example, the line '190120380314 3.142 0.000 0.00 0.000' would refer to a height of 3.142 metres recorded at 03:14am on the 19th of January 2038. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tidal Station Number,052027A Tidal Station Name,Gladstone Auckland Point Latitude Degrees,-23 Latitude Minutes,50 Longitude Degrees,151 Longitude Minutes,15 Time Zone,UTC+10 (AEST) Owner of readings,Queensland Government Data Type,Observation Station Datum,Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) Benchmark Description,PSM 10855 Elevation of Benchmark relative to Station Datum (metres),5.660 Readings are referred to,Lowest Astronomical Tide Datum Readings are the following height (metres) above Station Datum,0.000 Australian Height Datum (AHD) level (metres) relative to station datum,2.268 ================================================================================