GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 8 |
| Station name | Mombasa |
| Country | Kenya |
| Time zone | 045E, GMT + 3hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -4.05 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 39.66666 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | float 1986-unknown, pressure and radar installed 2006 |
| Responsible country | Kenya |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. and: Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Inst. |
| GLOSS contact | Kenya |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | Yes |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Hourly intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM@ is a bolt fixed on the tide staff at 3.8m above tide staff zero. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum - 0.942m TGZ = East African Railways Datum - 0.912m TGZ = Survey of Kenya Datum - 2.790m (from 1989) TGZ = 3.800m below BM@ |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM1 (TGZ is 5.683m below BM1 - June 1989) BM2 (TGZ is 5.850m below BM2 - June 1989) BM3 (TGZ is 13.883m below BM3 - April 1987) BM N-3 (TGZ is 6.226m below TGZ - June 1989) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | average of hourly heights |
| PSMSL code | 370 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 101 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Munro gauge was located at different place in the same port until 1976. Valeport pneumatic gauge situated 350km to the north of Lamu since December 1988. |
| Nearest Met. station | Mombasa International Airport |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
