Lumut (Malaysia) Site History

History Summary

StationLumut
Latitude04° 14.0' N
Longitude100° 37.0' E
CountryMalaysia
GLOSS No.043
ContributorDept. of Survey and Mapping
Jalan Gurney
50578 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Instrument TypeMagnetic Tape Type Tide Gauge, Model LLT-3AD
(Kyowa Shoko Co. LTD, Japan)
Site of Gauge 
Observational Periods12 Dec 1984 - 08 Jan 1987
01 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 1995

Tide Gauge Benchmark (TGBM) Description

No data

BM Control

Survey Department Benchmark No. A0401 situated near the tide gauge at the inner jetty of the Royal Malaysian Naval Base.

Benchmark A0401 is 3.713m above Land Survey Datum (LSD 1912 - Port Klang).

Auxiliary Benchmarks

Standard Mark bolt inside tidal house, adjacent to stilling well.

Benchmark Relationships

Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 5.04m below Malaysian Hydrographic Department Chart Datum.

The sea level heights are referred to the zero point assigned to the tide gauge. Bench mark information is available upon request from the contributors.

Quality Assessments

Comments

The daily and monthly means of Lumut and an adjacent station, Langkawi, agree very well.

There are no obvious reference level shifts.

YearCI (%)QI (%)Missing DataReplaced Gaps or Bad DataQuestionable Fluctuations
198455NoneNoneNone
1985878593-94, 147-176None30-32,62, 220-221, 247-252, 309-317
1986100100NoneNoneNone
198722NoneNoneNone
1990100100NoneNoneNone
1991100100NoneNoneNone
1992100100NoneNoneNone
19939090012-020, 156-187NoneNone
19949292046-052, 186-209NoneNone
1995100100NoneNoneNone