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.
Paradip 500/106 RLR(1981) is 10.3m below BM GTS.BM GTS is 5.04m above chart datum.
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.
Documentation added 2012-05-17
Spike in the data August 2008 flagged as suspect. Although the data point was queried with the Survey of India they said the data value was correct.
Data Authority
Survey of India Geodetic and Research Branch 17 E.C. Road Dehra Dun PIN 248 001