KO LAU WAN

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 1689
Latitude: 22.466667
Longitude: 114.366667
Coastline code: 611
Station code: 13
Country: HONG KONG
Time span of data: 1986 – 1995
Completeness (%): 69
Date of last update: 16 Apr 1996

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Station Documentation

Documentation added 1997-08-21

station was closed in July 1995

Documentation added 2002-01-09

For an analysis of sea level changes in Hong Kong, see
"Sea level changes in Hong Kong from tide gauge measurements"
by X.Ding et al., Journal of Geodesy, 74, 683-689, 2001 and
"Long-term sea-level changes in Hong Kong from tide-gauge
records" by X.Ding et al., Journal of Coastal Research,
17, 749-754, 2001.

Data Authority

Hong Kong Observatory
134A Nathan Road
Kowloon

Documentation added 2000-06-08

The Hong Kong Observatory was formerly known as the Royal Observatory.