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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number293
Station name

Chendering/Kuala Terengganu

CountryMalaysia
Time zone120E, GMT + 8hrs
Latitude (+ve N)5.26666
Longitude (+ve E)103.18333
OceanPacific
Observation period(s)October 1984-
Responsible countryMalaysia
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
Geodesy Section, Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia, Survey Building, Semarak Road, 50578 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GLOSS contactMalaysia
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalYes
Location mapView location map for GLOSS station Chendering/Kuala Terengganu
Instrumentation 
FloatYes
PressureNo
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Additional parametersNone
Data acquisition rateData recorded at 50 second intervals, filtered to hourly heights.
High frequency data at BODCDownload g293.zip from BODC   View Chendering/Kuala Terengganu site history   View BODC document #60270  
High frequency data at UHSLCDownload h320a.zip from UHSLC   Download documentation qa320a.dmt from UHSLC   Format documentation for UHSLC data
Real-time data availableNo
Additional parameters (real-time)None
Benchmarks 
Tide gauge benchmarksSurvey Department Benchmark No. T0283 situated on the left corner of the T-junction on the jetty facing the the Fisheries Complex. Benchmark T0283 is 2.756m above Land Survey Datum (LSD 1912 - Port Klang).
Benchmark relationshipsTide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 4.688 below benchmark T0283
Auxiliary benchmarksStandard Mark bolt inside tidal house, adjacent to stilling well. Standard benchmark S0149, S0150 and S0148 and also benchmark T0282
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Chendering/Kuala Terengganu
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Chendering/Kuala Terengganu
MSL methodArithmetic mean of hourly heights
PSMSL code1592
Other relevant codesUHSLC 320
Additional information 
Other relevant informationAdditional authority responsible for maintaining gauge: Director of Topographical Survey, 5th Floor, Wisma Awal, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kampung Baru, 50300 Kuala Lumpar The Director of Geodesy, DSMM, is responsible for the maintenance of the tide gauge stations available around the coast of Malaysia.
Nearest Met. stationTerenllanu Airport,~14km north
Last updated2002-12-11