Kenya Mombasa Station information sheet

General
GLOSS number	8
Station name	Mombasa
Country	Kenya
Time zone	045E, GMT + 3hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-4.05
Longitude (+ve E)	39.66666
Ocean	Indian
Observation period(s)	1986-
Responsible country	Kenya
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Dr. M. Merrifield, University of Hawaii, Dept. of Oceanography, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. and: Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Inst.
GLOSS contact	Dr. Charles Magori Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute P.O. Box 81651 80100 Mombasa, Kenya Tel: 254 41 475151/2/3/4 Fax: 254 41 475157 Email: cmagori@kmfri.co.ke
Committed to GLOSS	Yes
Operational	Yes
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	No
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Data acquisition rate	Hourly intervals
Fast delivery data at UHSLC
High frequency data at BODC
High frequency data at UHSLC
Real-time data available	No
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmarks	BM@ is a bolt fixed on the tide staff at 3.8m above tide staff zero.
Benchmark relationships	Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum - 0.942m TGZ = East African Railways Datum - 0.912m TGZ = Survey of Kenya Datum - 2.790m (from 1989) TGZ = 3.800m below BM@
Auxiliary benchmarks	BM1 (TGZ is 5.683m below BM1 - June 1989) BM2 (TGZ is 5.850m below BM2 - June 1989) BM3 (TGZ is 13.883m below BM3 - April 1987) BM N-3 (TGZ is 6.226m below TGZ - June 1989)
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	average of hourly heights
PSMSL code	470/001
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 101
Additional information
Other relevant information	Munro gauge was located at different place in the same port until 1976. Valeport pneumatic gauge situated 350km to the north of Lamu since December 1988.
Nearest Met. station	Mombasa International Airport
Last updated	1993-12-05