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 | 421 |
Additional information | |
Last updated | 1993-12-05 |