GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 75 |
Station name | Qui Nhon |
Country | Viet Nam |
Time zone | 105E, GMT + 7hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 13.76666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 109.21666 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1987- |
Responsible country | Viet Nam |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Marine Hydro-meteorological Centre, No. 4 Dang Thai Than St., Hanoi, Viet Nam |
GLOSS contact | Vietnam |
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 | Sea temperature |
Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording |
Real-time data available | No |
Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | Marine Hydrometeorological Office at Qui Nhon bolt outside of tide gauge shelter, adjacent to front wall of shelter, grid reference MC (from March 1987). |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum. TGZ = 3.546m below TGBM |
Auxiliary benchmarks | 8.00m NW of tide gauge, grid reference MT. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Arithmetic (mean?) |
PSMSL code | 1449 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Primary 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. station | Quinhon station 3km from gauge |
Last updated | 1992-09-26 |