GLOSS Station Handbook – Akyab (Sittwe)
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 | 37 |
| Station name | Akyab (Sittwe) |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Time zone | 097.5E, GMT + 6.5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 20.15 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 92.9 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation periods | 1937-1942 |
| Responsible country | Myanmar |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Mr. Muang Muang Hla, Chief Engineer, Port Survey Department, Myanma Port Authority, No. 10, Panasodan Street, Yangon, Union of Myanmar |
| GLOSS contact | Burma |
| Committed to GLOSS | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | No |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 15 minute intervals |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | Benchmark in portico of Marine Office |
| Benchmark relationships | Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD) is 5m below Port Survey Datum (PSD) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 421 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 421 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 5 December 1993 |
Real time data plot
Akyab (Sittwe), Myanmar
