GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 38 |
Station name | Port Blair, Andaman Is. |
Country | India |
Time zone | 82.5E, GMT + 5.5hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 11.68333 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 92.76666 |
Ocean | Indian |
Observation period(s) | 1952-1964 |
Responsible country | India |
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 contact | India |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | No |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | No |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording |
Real-time data available | No |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | BMIE GTS situated behind the Transport Office of the Marine Department |
Benchmark relationships | 5.30m above chart datum (1952) |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Average of hourly heights |
PSMSL code | 206 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | GPS and real time data available |
Last updated | 1990-06-23 |