Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

09 Sep 2019

ZANZIBAR

Station Information

Station ID: 1600
Latitude: -6.15
Longitude: 39.183333
GLOSS ID: 297
Coastline code: 460
Station code: 16
Country: TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
Time span of data: 1984 – 2016
Completeness (%): 96
Date of last update: 28 Feb 2018

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 ZANZIBAR.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at ZANZIBAR.

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: ZNZB
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: zanz
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 151: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 151: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Zanzibar 460/016 RLR(1986) is 10.8m below TGBM

Documentation added 1996-10-16

data 1994 onwards received from UH SLC instrument: Float type, R.W. Munro, London, I.H. 109

Documentation added 1997-09-22

In addition to the Munro gauge there is a Handar 463 SDI 12 encoder connected to a Handar 540 satellite DCP platform

Documentation added 2001-03-22

Data for 1984-99 revised March 2001

Documentation added 2012-01-18

Using data extracted from the latest UHSLC JASL cd data values for 2005/6 have been added.

Documentation added 2013-10-15

Complete UHSLC dataset 1984-2012 loaded into the series. Data has been supplied by UHSLC throughout.

Documentation added 2015-11-03

Updated JASL data 2009-2014 loaded onto the database. UHSLC metadata says 2015 JASL update replaces 2009-2012 data for level adjustments. Station supplier has also been updated from Comm. for Lands and Environment to UHSLC.

Data Authority

University of Hawaii
Department of Oceanography Division of Natural Sciences
1000 Pope Road
Honolulu
Hawaii 96822