For most of the people in atoll island nations, they rely on fisheries resources. Going out to the ocean is part of their daily lives.
The information on sea level rise and as well as the tides information are very critical and useful for them in their planning, and their day to day work.
The tide gauge is measuring real time sea level, or tides.
And with the instruments, we're able to capture that to millimetre accuracy.
We managed to produce and share to the public the tide calendars that are useful for them in terms of going out fishing. They know when this will be the high tides and the low tide.
So civil engineering departments can be aware of what support structures that they need to build for future king tides.
Data from the tide gauges are also used in risk assessments for future development along the coast.
At the moment we've collected almost 30 years' worth of data, the GNSS, or the land movement data, and it's now becoming a baseline with the scientific community.
Going on through the next generation, it will allow the scientists in future COP events and other climate forums to feel confident that they're out actually using good scientific data and quality measured data.
Those sorts of information are also important when it comes to disaster risk reduction, because they now know in advance the dates they might expect the extreme spring tides, so they can prepare in advance to minimise the risks.
Kiribati is one site of a network of 14 tide gauges we have operating in the Pacific that are maintained by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. And with partnerships with SPC and Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia assists with measuring the land movement.
And then we've got six monthly maintenance done by the in-country support from the Kiribati Met Service in this case.
The network of 14 sites, also then, apart from just being climate monitoring, is also a tsunami warning network for the Pacific area. That data goes back to the Pacific Warning Center. And that's where the warnings are then issued for a tsunami event.
In the case of the recent events in January, regarding the volcano eruption in Tonga, we were able to provide data to the scientific community around the world regarding that event from data that we captured at the tide station.
That ongoing data helps transportation to the community, and the Kiribati Met. authority provides that information to the local ports and other industries around.
The tide gauge is very crucial in looking at a much longer term impact due to climate change to atoll islands.
The information on sea level rise and as well as the tides information are very critical and useful for them in their planning, and their day to day work.
The tide gauge is measuring real time sea level, or tides.
And with the instruments, we're able to capture that to millimetre accuracy.
We managed to produce and share to the public the tide calendars that are useful for them in terms of going out fishing. They know when this will be the high tides and the low tide.
So civil engineering departments can be aware of what support structures that they need to build for future king tides.
Data from the tide gauges are also used in risk assessments for future development along the coast.
At the moment we've collected almost 30 years' worth of data, the GNSS, or the land movement data, and it's now becoming a baseline with the scientific community.
Going on through the next generation, it will allow the scientists in future COP events and other climate forums to feel confident that they're out actually using good scientific data and quality measured data.
Those sorts of information are also important when it comes to disaster risk reduction, because they now know in advance the dates they might expect the extreme spring tides, so they can prepare in advance to minimise the risks.
Kiribati is one site of a network of 14 tide gauges we have operating in the Pacific that are maintained by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. And with partnerships with SPC and Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia assists with measuring the land movement.
And then we've got six monthly maintenance done by the in-country support from the Kiribati Met Service in this case.
The network of 14 sites, also then, apart from just being climate monitoring, is also a tsunami warning network for the Pacific area. That data goes back to the Pacific Warning Center. And that's where the warnings are then issued for a tsunami event.
In the case of the recent events in January, regarding the volcano eruption in Tonga, we were able to provide data to the scientific community around the world regarding that event from data that we captured at the tide station.
That ongoing data helps transportation to the community, and the Kiribati Met. authority provides that information to the local ports and other industries around.
The tide gauge is very crucial in looking at a much longer term impact due to climate change to atoll islands.
Kiribati tide gauge
The Kiribati tide gauge records sea level, climate and geodetic data for the Pacific region.