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Cromer site history

History summary

Station Name Cromer
Country UK
Latitude of measuring point 52° 56' 03.7" N
Longitude of measuring point 01° 18' 05.9" E
OS grid ref. of measuring point TG 2198 4253
Datum reference All data refer to Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD)
ACD = ODN -2.75m
Time reference GMT (hours 00-23)
Contributor Environment Agency Anglian Regional Office,
Kingfisher House,
Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay,
Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, PE2 5ZR
Instrument type 1973 - 1988 Aanderaa water level recorders
1988 - DATARING system installed.
1989 - Aanderaa water level recorder backup used.
1990 - DATARING system back on line
1996 - Gauge relocated on the pier during refurbishment of the lifeboat station.
1999 - DATARING system installed into lifeboat station.
Site of measuring point The measuring points are on the slipway leg of the RNLI boathouse.
Position of tide gauge building TG 2198 4253 - GPP Cabinet, life boat station.
Observational period 1973,1974,1976,1988-2026

Benchmark descriptions

Benchmark OS grid ref. Description Height above ODN (m)
TGBM TG 2193 4233 Stainless steel bolt on top of the wall opposite East side of pier. 7.367
Aux1 TG 2198 4253 Rivet on steps of C catwalk NE angle of Lifeboat station. 6.048
Aux2 TG 2195 4233 SS bolt bottom ramp, S side at W corner 4.572

ODN = Ordnance Datum Newlyn

Parameters

Please Note: All parameters listed below are sea level measured in metres. Different parameter codes represent different gauges. For an explanation of the codes, please see the BODC parameter dictionary.

Period Parameters Completeness index (%) Sample interval
1973 ASLVZZ01 8 60 minutes
1974 ASLVZZ01 17 60 minutes
1976 ASLVZZ01 24 60 minutes
1988 ASLVBG02 82 60 minutes
1989 ASLVZZ01 67 60 minutes
1990 ASLVBG02 85 60 minutes
1991 ASLVBG02 100 60 minutes
1992 ASLVBG02 100 60 minutes
1993 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1994 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1995 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1996 ASLVBG02 95 15 minutes
1997 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1998 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1999 ASLVBG02 85 15 minutes
2000 ASLVBG02 92 15 minutes
2001 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2002 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2003 ASLVBG02 96 15 minutes
2004 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2005 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2006 ASLVBG02 98 15 minutes
2007 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2008 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2009 ASLVBG02 98 15 minutes
2010 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2011 ASLVBG02 98 15 minutes
2012 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2013 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2014 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2015 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2016 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2017 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2018 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2019 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2020 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2021 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2022 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2023 ASLVBG02 97 15 minutes
2024 ASLVBG02 January - December 15 minutes
2025 ASLVBG02
ASLVRADR
January - August
September - December
15 minutes
2026 ASLVRADR January - May 15 minutes

Quality assessment

All data have been compared with the current Harmonic Constants library, and residuals checked. Records have been visually inspected for spikes, datum shifts and timing errors.
Where there are problems with the primary channel, data may be available from the backup channel. Please contact enquiries@bodc.ac.uk for more information.
1993 - The processing of the 1993 file has left a null value at the start of the file (00:00 hours 01/01/1993). This is due to the sampling interval changing from 60 to 15 minutes and the first data point being too far from 00:00 to interpolate.
February 2003 - File output has been altered so that all values fall on the quarter hour and gaps are filled in with null values, marked with an 'N' flag.
March 2003 - Residuals (observed minus predicted sea level values, measured in metres) now included in the file output.
On 20/01/2012 a new data logger was installed. Tests were carried out to ensure the logger was functioning correctly, resulting in some data being lost.
November 2012 - The file output has been altered to reflect the Contributor name change from Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory to National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool. Also, the Parameter code has been improved and now uses a controlled vocabulary.

Missing and suspect data have been reported on the following day numbers:-

Period Parameter Missing data Suspect data
1973 ASLVZZ01 001-249,266-278,290-365 None
1974 ASLVZZ01 001-256,318-365 None
1976 ASLVZZ01 001-056,145-366 None
1988 ASLVBG02 001-062,118-121,160-162 None
1989 ASLVZZ01 001-123 127
1990 ASLVBG02 036-092 None
1991 ASLVBG02 None None
1992 ASLVBG02 None None
1993 ASLVBG02 None None
1994 ASLVBG02 None None
1995 ASLVBG02 None None
1996 ASLVBG02 240-241,260-275 275-289
1997 ASLVBG02 None None
1998 ASLVBG02 None None
1999 ASLVBG02 229-284 None
2000 ASLVBG02 060,210-230,277-279,291-297 None
2001 ASLVBG02 280 279-281,304-305,312,317-318,326-327,339-340,353-357,359-360,362-363
2002 ASLVBG02 015-016 051-052,054-055,073-075,103,265-266,279,282-284,289,340-344,365
2003 ASLVBG02 083-089,231-238 004,006,029-031,035-037,050-051
2004 ASLVBG02 105-106,294-295 None
2005 ASLVBG02 068 None
2006 ASLVBG02 067-072,094 345-346
2007 ASLVBG02 None 234,253-254,261,269-273,277,312-317,327,329-331,339-345
2008 ASLVBG02 None 012,032-033,061,064-065,070-071,076-079,081-086,097-099,107-113,277-278,306-307,326-327,329-330,345-346,354-356
2009 ASLVBG02 182-187,238-239,266,348 031-034,041-043,082-083,087-088,104-109,119-122,125-126,154-155,158-160,191,197-202,239-290,335,351-352,354,364-365
2010 ASLVBG02 None 001-003,006-007,009-011,013-019,026,028-032,034,041-042,044,058-061,090,123-124,170-171,228,238-239,241-242,249-250,260,263-264,267-269,293,296-298,312-314,318-319,326,329-336,342-344,346,351,357-358
2011 ASLVBG02 068-074 001-002,022,026-027,050-051,059,066-068,144-145,158
2012 ASLVBG02 031 013,020,039,046,061,065,095-096,119-120,213,288,291-323,326-342,344-354
2013 ASLVBG02 None 033-034,037-038,042,055,068-071,084-087,094,115,158,161,240-245,252-254,268-330,333-341
2014 ASLVBG02 None 008-031,061,063-068,073-075,077-101,104-105,108,110,121,190-191,224-225,238,261-290,294-295,309,336,354,359-362
2015 ASLVBG02 None 010-011,031-035,039-040,080-081,089-104,109-110,112-132,206,211,217,243-249,289-290,325-326,329-330,359-365
2016 ASLVBG02 114-116 001-018,041-042,044-047,054-056,065-067,069,102-103,116-118,152,154,174-178,181-183,185-187,202-212,232,235-236,240,244-280,293-294,307,310-312
2017 ASLVBG02 None 002-005,011-017,042-044,054-059,074-075,115-122,124,128-138,143,146-148,150,237-365
2018 ASLVBG02 None 001-152,156-168,171-192,194,196-207,209-211,213-223,225-226,229-243,246-252,255,258-259,262-365
2019 ASLVBG02 None 001-229,231-234,236-239,242-281,284,286-338,340-350,352-365
2020 ASLVBG02 None 001,003-006,008-173,176-366
2021 ASLVBG02 025 001-025,025-365
2022 ASLVBG02 None 001-045,047-169,171-365
2023 ASLVBG02 007,109,110-111,111,112,112-113,113,114,295-296,339 001-007,007-109,109-110,111,112,113,114-162,164-177,179-295,296-339,339-365
2024 ASLVBG02 014,265 001-014,014-265,265-366
2025 ASLVBG02 (001-243)
ASLVRADR (244-)
035,169,226
248,312,330,346
001-035,035-169,169-226,226-243
253,259,263-269,271,277-279,282,288-289,292,295-300,302,305-307,310-311,314-330,330-331,333-334,338,341,355,357-365
2026 ASLVRADR 043,090,099,125-126,141 001-010,021-027,029-038,041,043-045,047-053,059,061-066,072,077-085,087-090,092-099,099-100,106-120,121-125,126-132,134-140,147-148