GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 293 |
Station name | Chendering/Kuala Terengganu |
Country | Malaysia |
Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 5.26666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 103.18333 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | October 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 |
Additional parameters | None |
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 |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Survey Department Benchmark No. T0283 situated on the left corner of the T-junction on the jetty facing the the Fisheries Complex. Benchmark T0283 is 2.756m above Land Survey Datum (LSD 1912 - Port Klang). |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 4.688 below benchmark T0283 |
Auxiliary benchmarks | Standard Mark bolt inside tidal house, adjacent to stilling well. Standard benchmark S0149, S0150 and S0148 and also benchmark T0282 |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Arithmetic mean of hourly heights |
PSMSL code | 1592 |
Other relevant codes | UHSLC 320 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Additional authority responsible for maintaining gauge: Director of Topographical Survey, 5th Floor, Wisma Awal, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kampung Baru, 50300 Kuala Lumpar The Director of Geodesy, DSMM, is responsible for the maintenance of the tide gauge stations available around the coast of Malaysia. |
Nearest Met. station | Terenllanu Airport,~14km north |
Last updated | 2002-12-11 |