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Station information sheet

General                                  
GLOSS number75
Station name

Qui Nhon

CountryViet Nam
Time zone105E, GMT + 7hrs
Latitude (+ve N)13.76666
Longitude (+ve E)109.21666
OceanPacific
Observation period(s)1987-
Responsible countryViet Nam
Authority responsible
for tide gauge
Marine Hydro-meteorological Centre, No. 4 Dang Thai Than St., Hanoi, Viet Nam
GLOSS contactVietnam
Committed to GLOSSYes
OperationalYes
Location mapView location map for GLOSS station Qui Nhon
Instrumentation 
FloatYes
PressureNo
BubblerNo
AcousticNo
RadarNo
Data
Digital dataYes
Additional parametersSea temperature
Data acquisition rateContinuous recording
Real-time data availableNo
Additional parameters (real-time)Sea temperature
Benchmarks 
Tide gauge benchmarksMarine Hydrometeorological Office at Qui Nhon bolt outside of tide gauge shelter, adjacent to front wall of shelter, grid reference MC (from March 1987).
Benchmark relationshipsTide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum. TGZ = 3.546m below TGBM
Auxiliary benchmarks8.00m NW of tide gauge, grid reference MT.
Data at PSMSL 
Annual MSL (RLR) dataDownload annual MSL (RLR) data for Qui Nhon
Annual MSL (RLR) plotView annual MSL (RLR) plot for Qui Nhon
MSL methodArithmetic (mean?)
PSMSL code1449
Additional information 
Other relevant informationPrimary data from period 1959 to 1963 recorded by float gauge/stilling well was lost because of the war, and the tide gauge was completely ruined.
Nearest Met. stationQuinhon station 3km from gauge
Last updated1992-09-26