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Mumbles site history

History summary

Station name Mumbles
Country UK
Latitude of measuring point 51° 34' 12.0" N
Longitude of measuring point 03° 58' 31.6" W
OS grid ref. of measuring point SS 6323 8756
Datum reference All data refer to Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD)
ACD = ODN -5.00m
Time reference GMT (hours 00-23)
Contributor Tide Gauge Inspectorate (TGI),
National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool,
Joseph Proudman Building,
6 Brownlow Street,
Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK
Instrument type 1988 - Aanderaa water level recorder.
1989 - DATARING system installed, with two pneumatic bubbler systems.
Site of measuring point The measuring points are mounted on the leg of the RNLI boathouse slipway
Position of tide gauge building SS 6319 8753 - GRP Cabinet in RNLI boathouse
Observational period 1988-1993,1997-2014
No data from June 2014 onward due to loss of power to the gauge.

Benchmark descriptions

Benchmark OS grid ref. Description Height above ODN (m)
TGBM SS 6298 8743 OSBM bolt living rock S side of road 8.821
Aux1 SS 6317 8752 OSBM bolt lifeboat station Mumbles Pie 8.894
Aux2 SS 6284 8750 OSBM bolt concrete base bollard Lifeboat Cottages 6.790
Aux3 SS 6258 8760 Rivet SE side concrete chamber 10.250

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
1988 ASLVZZ01 14 60 minutes
1989 ASLVBG02 51 60 minutes
1990 ASLVBG02 42 60 minutes
1991 ASLVBG02 96 60 minutes
1992 ASLVBG02 94 60 minutes
1993 ASLVBG02 40 15 minutes
1997 ASLVBG02 36 15 minutes
1998 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
1999 ASLVBG02 96 15 minutes
2000 ASLVBG02 97 15 minutes
2001 ASLVBG02 96 15 minutes
2002 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2003 ASLVBG02 97 15 minutes
2004 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2005 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2006 ASLVBG02 98 15 minutes
2007 ASLVBG02 99 15 minutes
2008 ASLVBG02 94 15 minutes
2009 ASLVBG02 96 15 minutes
2010 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2011 ASLVBG02 100 15 minutes
2012 ASLVBG02 January - December 15 minutes
2013 ASLVBG02 January - December 15 minutes
2014 ASLVBG02 January - June 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 26/01/2012 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
1988 ASLVZZ01 001-314 None
1989 ASLVBG02 001-023,163-211,234-266,269-345 269,345
1990 ASLVBG02 001-213 Small scale timing errors throughout
1991 ASLVBG02 350-365 None
1992 ASLVBG02 001-022 None
1993 ASLVBG02 146-365 None
1997 ASLVBG02 001-234,238-239 None
1998 ASLVBG02 None 086-094,346-347
1999 ASLVBG02 138-149,166-168 134-138,149-166
2000 ASLVBG02 348-359 195-203,234-243
2001 ASLVBG02 033,044-059 None
2002 ASLVBG02 178 014, 228-240
2003 ASLVBG02 249-260 048-057,199-224
2004 ASLVBG02 175 None
2005 ASLVBG02 None None
2006 ASLVBG02 032-040,067-068 None
2007 ASLVBG02 056,073-074 016-073,074-075,079-089,092-113,143-146,149-150,157,159-164,199-205,208-247,250-251,253-254,257-269,271-308,312-315,317-318,321-324,328-365
2008 ASLVBG02 093-106,156-158,184-188 001-002,010-012,022-030,037-093,106-107,111-114,121-156,158-177,181-184,206-209,215-223,241-246,262-275
2009 ASLVBG02 042-055,182 009-013,210-212,220-222,227-234,263,350
2010 ASLVBG02 None None
2011 ASLVBG02 None 093-094,104-365
2012 ASLVBG02 018,025,031 001-018,018-025,029,031-066,081,267-292,320-321,341-342
2013 ASLVBG02 None 281,339
2014 ASLVBG02 182-365 022-031,033-035,039,042-044,059,120-132,161-181