Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

20 May 2019

PARADIP

Station Information

Station ID: 1161
Latitude: 20.266667
Longitude: 86.7
Coastline code: 500
Station code: 106
Country: INDIA
Time span of data: 1966 – 2013
Completeness (%): 77
Date of last update: 27 Jun 2017

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.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at PARADIP.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at PARADIP.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level 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.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

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