Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

09 May 2012

MUMBAI / BOMBAY (APOLLO BANDAR)

Station Information

Station ID: 43
Latitude: 18.916667
Longitude: 72.833333
Coastline code: 500
Station code: 41
Country: INDIA
Time span of data: 1878 – 2008
Completeness (%): 90
Frequency Code: 24
Date of last update: 23 Apr 2012

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR 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

Link to RLR information.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 04-AUG-94 :
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.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 2002Dec06 :
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.
1931 - 1956 VALUES BASED ON READINGS OF HIGH AND LOW WATERS
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-JUN-91 :
Bombay (Apollo B) 500/041 RLR(1964) is 13.0m below BM 2(PP)(1)
=========================== BENCHMARK INFORMATION UPDATE ADDED 12-JUL-93 :
Bombay (Apollo B) 500/041 RLR(1964) is 13.0m below BM 2(PP)(1)
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 15-Apr-2009 :
Benchmark and datum details for 2005/6 remain the same as
previously so the same RLRFAC was used.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 16-Sep-2010 :
Benchmark for the historic data up to 1965 was BM 2PP1 up to 1936 the datum was
9.132m below this benchmark. For data 1937 onwards the datum was 'Chart Datum@
with BM 2PP1 being 8.522m above this. In 1966 the benchmark was changed to BM
5/88 7.44m above chart datum.

Data Authority

Survey of India
Geodetic and Research Branch
17 EC Road
Dehra Dun 248001, U.P.
INDIA