MACHLIPATTNAM

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 1944
Latitude: 16.15
Longitude: 82.166667
Coastline code: 500
Station code: 96
Country: INDIA
Time span of data: 2005 – 2021
Completeness (%): 31
Date of last update: 23 Nov 2023

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.

Station Documentation

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 2014-05-21

Data for 2009 has been supplied by Survey of India. Previous data was that for 2006. Benchmark and datum information remains the same.

Documentation added 2020-02-05

There is no data available for this station for 2011/12 and 2014 due to non-function of the tide gauge.

Data Authority

Survey of India
Geodetic and Research Branch
17 E.C. Road
Dehra Dun
PIN 248 001