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.
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 2003-01-27
Unreasonable values of JAN=2782, FEB=2761, MAR=2806 and APR=2869 deleted from 1978. See previous comments dated 23/05/94.
Documentation added 2010-09-16
Primary benchmark is BM 52 PP 5.23m above chart datum. This station was previously flagged. However, as individual data points can now be flagged the period commented on above has been flagged and the station flag removed.
Data Authority
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