GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 37 |
| Station name | Akyab (Sittwe) |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Time zone | 097.5E, GMT + 6.5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 20.15 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 92.9 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1937-1942 |
| Responsible country | Myanmar |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Mr. Muang Muang Hla, Chief Engineer, Port Survey Department, Myanma Port Authority, No. 10, Panasodan Street, Yangon, Union of Myanmar |
| GLOSS contact | Burma |
| Committed to GLOSS | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | No |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 15 minute intervals |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Benchmark in portico of Marine Office |
| Benchmark relationships | Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD) is 5m below Port Survey Datum (PSD) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data |  |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| PSMSL code | 530/001 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
Related BODC pages
| Sea level portal | World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) — Sea level | |
| UK Tide Gauge Network | Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) | |
| GLOSS project page |
Related external links
| Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) | Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) | |
| University of Hawai`i Sea Level Centre (UHSLC) | World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) |
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