Hydrographic Education

Professional Hydrographic Surveyor Education Program

Matriculation Course / Undergraduate Program
GD3202 Hydrography II
Practical Session: REPORT GUIDE

Introduction
This guide is intended to provide hints to help students preparing a complete and effective report re-
sulted from the practical session in Santolo beach. The following primary information must be presented
in the report with clear text along with sketch (figure) and tabulation when necessary:
1. The height of tidal Bench Mark with respect to Mean Sea Level (MSL).
2. The method for the determination of MSL from the longest available tidal observation data
3. All relevant tidal levels, at least Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) and Highest Astronomical Tide
(HAT).
4. Quality assessment of longest available tidal observation data according to local short term tidal
observation by using pressure-type tide gauge.
5. Quality assessment local short term tidal observation by using pressure-type tide gauge according
to manual tidal observation.
6. Characteristics (i.e. magnitude, direction, temporal evolution) of local meteorology-oceanography
entailing tide, wave, current, and wind.

I. Bench Mark IV. Quality Assessment

1. What is the height of the Bench Mark
(BM) with respect to Mean Sea Level
(MSL)?
2. How is it (i.e. the height of the BM) meas-
ured?
3. Provide a sketch to indicate the height of
the BM with respect to MSL!
4. What is the accuracy of the measurement
(as it is questioned in number two)?
II. Mean Sea Level
1. How can MSL be determined?
2. How does it (i.e. MSL) fit with the calcu-
lation of Mean Water Level (MWL) from
short term tidal observation?
III. Tidal Levels
1. What are the heights of all relevant tidal
levels?
2. How are they calculated?
3. Provide a sketch to indicate them and their
relevance to BM!
1. Verify if vertical offset between long- and
short-term tidal stations are compensated,
i.e. that the long- and short-term tidal ob-
servation shares equal ‘zero height’!
2. Compare the long-term tidal observation
with short term tidal observation!
3. Compare the short-term tidal observation
with manually observed tide!
4. Quantify the comparison to indicate the
measure of agreement!
V. Meteorology-Oceanography
1. Describe the characteristics of tide (e.g.
type, range, etc.)!
2. Describe the characteristics of wind (e.g.
speed, direction, distribution)!
3. Describe the characteristics of wave (i.e.
Hs, Ts, direction, distribution)!
4. Describe the characteristics of current (e.g.
speed, direction, distribution)!
5. Overall synoptic of the characteristics of
local meteorology-oceanography!

Instruction
Read (and understand) any relevant text book(s)! Go through all questions in a consecutive manner,
part-by-part, number-by-number. Assure that the information you put in the report are accurate, effec-
tive, and presented in a correct mechanical convention! When necessary, add figures, tables, and/or
equations to fortify your explanation! The ultimate purpose of the answer is that you understand the ma-
terial you are describing. Discuss your answers with your class mates. Ensure that the discussion leads
you to uniform understanding. When necessary, confirm your understanding with your lecturer.
WARNING – Course notes (i.e. lecture presentation slide) will never be able to help you to accomplish this assign-
ment. Course notes are meant only as check list of teaching materials and to guide class discussion.