GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 43 |
Station name | Pengkalan TLDM Lumut |
Country | Malaysia |
Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 4.23333 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 100.61666 |
Ocean | Indian |
Observation period(s) | November 1984- |
Responsible country | Malaysia |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Geodesy Section, Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia, Survey Building, Semarak Road, 50578 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
GLOSS contact | Malaysia |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Location map | |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | Data recorded at 50 second intervals, filtered to hourly heights |
High frequency data at BODC | |
High frequency data at UHSLC | |
Real-time data available | No |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Survey Department Benchmark No. A0401 situated near the tide gauge at the inner jetty of the Royal Malaysian Naval Base. Benchmark A0401 is 3.713m above Land Survey Datum (LSD 1912 - Port Klang). |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 5.685m below benchmark 401A0 |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Standard Mark bolt inside tidal house, adjacent to stilling well. Standard benchmark S00290 and S0291 and also benchmark A1353 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Arithmetic mean of hourly heights |
PSMSL code | 1594 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 143 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Between 1984 and 1985 an analogue strip-chart float gauge was operated at this site by the Royal Malaysian Navy Hydrographic Department. The Director of Geodesy, DSMM, is responsible for the maintenance of the tide gauge stations available around the coast of Malaysia. |
Nearest Met. station | IPOH Airport, ~80km inland |
Last updated | 2002-12-11 |