WARNING: QCFLAG EXISTS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION.
Station Information
Station ID:
420
Latitude:
21.8
Longitude:
72.3
Coastline code:
500
Station code:
30
Country:
INDIA
Time span of data:
1937 – 1955
Completeness (%):
100
Date of last update:
01 Jan 1980
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.
Bhaunagar I 500/030 RLR(1955) is 13.0m below BM 21(PP)
Documentation added 1993-03-17
Note larger seasonal cycle than for Bhaunagar II owing to different position with respect to river.
Documentation added 1993-03-17
Possible datum shifts in RLR record at approximately 1944 and 1953.
Documentation added 1994-08-04
For a discussion of interannual variability of sea level along the coasts of Pakistan and India, see Clarke and Liu, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 24, 1224, 1994.
Documentation added 2002-12-06
SMRC Newsletter Jul-Dec 2001 reports high E coast correlation with SOI and MSL. MSL is much higher during La Nina tropical cyclones than during El Nino.ANNUAL MEANS FOR 1889-1893 - based on hourly heights
Documentation added 2010-10-20
These comments are being added because of a review following the introduction of the new database. The station has been flagged because of the possible datum shifts within the data.However the station remains RLR. Bhaunagar I is now an historic station last data 1955
Data Authority
Survey of India Geodetic and Research Branch 17 E.C. Road Dehra Dun PIN 248 001