| General | |
| GLOSS number | 8 |
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| Station name | Mombasa |
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| Country | Kenya |
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| Time zone | 045E, GMT + 3hrs |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | -4.05 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | 39.66666 |
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| Ocean | Indian |
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| Observation period(s) | float 1986-unknown, pressure and radar installed 2006 |
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| Responsible country | Kenya |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A.
and: Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Inst.
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| GLOSS contact | Kenya |
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| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
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| Operational | Yes |
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| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
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| Pressure | Yes |
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| Bubbler | No |
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| Acoustic | No |
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| Radar | Yes |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Data acquisition rate | Hourly intervals |
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| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
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| High frequency data at BODC |  |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
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| Real-time data available | No |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM@ is a bolt fixed on the tide staff at 3.8m above tide staff zero. |
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| Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum - 0.942m
TGZ = East African Railways Datum - 0.912m
TGZ = Survey of Kenya Datum - 2.790m (from 1989)
TGZ = 3.800m below BM@
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| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM1 (TGZ is 5.683m below BM1 - June 1989)
BM2 (TGZ is 5.850m below BM2 - June 1989)
BM3 (TGZ is 13.883m below BM3 - April 1987)
BM N-3 (TGZ is 6.226m below TGZ - June 1989)
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| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
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| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
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| MSL method | average of hourly heights |
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| PSMSL code | 470/001 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 101 |
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| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Munro gauge was located at different place in the same port until 1976. Valeport pneumatic gauge situated 350km to the north of Lamu since December 1988. |
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| Nearest Met. station | Mombasa International Airport |
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| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
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