COCHIN (WILLINGDON IS.)

Station Information

Station ID:	438
Latitude:	9.966667
Longitude:	76.266667
GLOSS ID:	32
Coastline code:	500
Station code:	81
Country:	INDIA
Time span of data:	1939 – 2007
Completeness (%):	93
Frequency Code:	24
Date of last update:	14 Sep 2010

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.

Tide Gauge Data

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution. NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: ???6

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.
1939 - 1955 VALUES BASED ON READINGS OF HIGH AND LOW WATERS
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-JUN-91 :
Cochin 500/081 RLR(1963) is 8.2m below BM 27
=========================== BENCHMARK INFORMATION UPDATE ADDED 12-JUL-93 :
Cochin 500/081 RLR(1963) is 8.2m below BM 27
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 15-Sep-2010 :
Original benchmark was BM 41/5 2.722m above the datum for 1886-1891. In 1939
benchmark was changed to BM 27 1.94m relative to chart datum. This remains the
primary benchmark.

Data Authority

Survey of India

Geodetic and Research Branch

17 EC Road

Dehra Dun 248001, U.P.

INDIA