GLOSS Station Handbook – Madras
The GLOSS Station Handbook is currently being re-designed and upgraded.
Until a new version is available, the tide gauge station list below from the last version of the Handbook provides links to further details about each tide gauge in the GLOSS Core Network. Click column headings to sort the station list table. Click the GLOSS number buttons to view the station information.
Station information
General | |
---|---|
Gloss number | 34 |
Station name | Madras |
Country | India |
Time zone | 82.5E, GMT + 5.5hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | 13.1 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 80.3 |
Ocean | Indian |
Observation periods | 1886-1889, 1894-1933, 1952- |
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 | Yes |
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 |
Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmark | B.M. No. 160/30 - GTS on second step from bottom on east side of Lord Cornwallis Fountain |
Benchmark relationships | 5.04m above chart datum (1952) |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 205 |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
MSL method | Average of Hourly Heights |
PSMSL code | 205 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | GPS and real time data available |
Last updated | 23 June 1990 |