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.
Data for 1977-82 and 1995-96 received directly from authority Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authoriy
Documentation added 2002-10-22
Data for 1997-2000 received from University of Hawaii. UH documentation states that the reference level appears about 20cm low from Apr 1994.
Documentation added 2003-01-27
Unreasonable values deleted from 1977 and 1978. Values deleted for 1977: Jan=640, Feb=540, Mar=570, Apr=810, May=990, Jun=1120, Jul=1300, Aug=1260, Sep=1070, Oct=870, Nov=820, Dec=760. Values deleted for 1978: Jan=1410, Feb=1500, Mar=1600, Apr=1550.
Documentation added 2012-01-18
Using data from the latest UHSLC Joint Archive for Sea Level CD data for 2001-2006 has been added to the Cox's Bazaar 'METRIC' dataset. Even with overlapping values the data is not identical to that already held with differences in the order of +-20mm but it was felt the additional data would benefit the dataset.
Documentation added 2013-06-17
The RLR diagram for Cox's Bazaar has been revised.Previously rlrfac adjustments of 4.864m were made 1976-1982 and 1986 onwards and 4.929m for data 1983-1985.However, when the PSMSL data holdings were compared with those from UHSLC anomalies were found. As a result just one adjustment of 4.864m has been applied to the whole dataset.
Data Authority
Bangladesh Inland Water, Department of Hydrography Transport Authority 141-143 Motijheel C/a Dhaka 1000