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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number32
Station name

Cochin

CountryIndia
Time zone82.5E, GMT + 5.5hrs
Latitude (+ve N)9.96666
Longitude (+ve E)76.26666
OceanIndian
Observation period(s)1886-1891, 1955-
Responsible countryIndia
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
Addl. Surveyor General, Geodetic and Research Branch, Survey of India, 17 E.C. Road, Dehra Dun 248 001, India
GLOSS contactIndia
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalYes
Instrumentation 
FloatYes
PressureNo
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataNo
Data acquisition rateContinuous recording
Real-time data availableNo
Benchmarks 
Tide gauge benchmarksB.M. No. 27 - situated on west side of the goods sheds on low wharf, Willington Island.
Benchmark relationships1.94m above chart datum (1963)
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Cochin
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Cochin
MSL methodAverage of Hourly Heights
PSMSL code438
Additional information 
Other relevant informationGPS and real time data available
Last updated1990-06-23