Reykjavik (Iceland) Site History
History Summary
| Station Name | Reykjavik |
|---|---|
| Country | Iceland |
| Latitude | 64° 09.0' N |
| Longitude | 021° 56.0' W |
| GLOSS No. | 229 |
| Time Reference | GMT (00-23 hours) |
| Contributor | 1984-1997 Iceland Hydrographic Service |
| Instrument Type | (1984-30/03/94) Float and stilling well gauge
(31/03/94-1999) Pressure gauge |
| Site of Gauge | |
| Observational Period | 1957 - 1999 |
Reference Level
All data are referred to TGZ and linked into historic fixed benchmarks.
Tide Gauge Benchmark (TGBM) Description
Base of tide gauge box, which is on top of the stilling well.
Auxiliary Benchmarks
BM No. 3277 Reykjavik community Benchmark, bolt in the base of house at Aegisgata no. 7
BM No. 3278 Reykjavik community Benchmark, bolt in the base of house at Tryggvagata no. 2
Benchmark Relationships
TGZ = Chart Datum
TGZ = 12.538m below BM number 3277
TGZ = 5.968m below base of tide gauge box
Parameters
| Period | Parameters | Sample Interval |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | ASL,CAP,CDT,EGT,ESS,EWD,EWS | 1 hour |
| 1999 | ASL,CAP,CDT,EGT,ESS,EWD,EWS | 1 hour |
where:
- ASL = ASLVZZ01 = Sea Level (metres)
- CAP = CAPHSL01 = Atmospheric pressure at sea level (millibars)
- CDT = CDTASS01 = In-situ dry bulb temperature (degrees Centigrade)
- EGT = EGTSSS01 = Gust wind speed (metres/sec)
- ESS = ESSSSS01 = Standard deviation of horizontal wind speed (m/s)
- EWD = EWDASS01 = Wind direction, blowing from (Degrees True)
- EWS = EWSBSS01 = Wind speed (metres/sec)
Quality Assessment
Comment
The daily and monthly means do not reveal any obvious reference level shifts. Residuals are extremely noisy. Hence only spikes over 25cm have been flagged. Most questionable fluctuations are related to timing problems with the gauge.
The residual for the 1998 series is quite clean but the residual for 1999 reveals some minor timing errors throughout this year. The standard deviation channel (ESSSSS01) for 1998 and 1999 has been flagged suspect where values are over 30 m/s.
The completeness index (CI) is calculated for the primary sea level channel only.
| Year | Parameters | CI(%) | Questionable Fluctuations (In day Nos.)
and Missing Data (Gaps > 6 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | ASL | 77 | None
Gap from 1984/05/28 at 11.00 to 1984/08/03 at 12.00 Gap from 1984/09/03 at 12.00 to 1984/09/19 at 08.00 |
| 1985 | ASL | 90 | 24,66-67,71,325
Gap from 1985/05/25 at 09.00 to 1985/06/20 at 13.00 Gap from 1985/08/30 at 04.00 to 1985/09/04 at 12.00 Gap from 1985/12/26 at 19.00 to 1985/12/27 at 12.00 |
| 1986 | ASL | 87 | 51-55,137
Gap from 1986/02/12 at 21.00 to 1986/02/13 at 14.00 Gap from 1986/03/04 at 19.00 to 1986/03/05 at 07.00 Gap from 1986/03/11 at 11.00 to 1986/03/17 at 10.00 Gap from 1986/03/26 at 09.00 to 1986/04/02 at 13.00 Gap from 1986/08/25 at 10.00 to 1986/08/27 at 09.00 Gap from 1986/09/23 at 15.00 to 1986/10/06 at 09.00 Gap from 1986/10/07 at 20.00 to 1986/10/09 at 08.00 |
| 1987 | ASL | 96 | 215
Gap from 1987/08/04 at 01.00 to 1987/08/04 at 08.00 Gap from 1987/08/24 at 13.00 to 1987/08/31 at 12.00 Gap from 1987/09/07 at 11.00 to 1987/09/11 at 10.00 Gap from 1987/09/24 at 17.00 to 1987/09/25 at 05.00 |
| 1988 | ASL | 85 | 183,256-263,298-304,358
Gap from 1988/02/22 at 16.00 to 1988/02/23 at 16.00 Gap from 1988/02/29 at 12.00 to 1988/03/07 at 09.00 Gap from 1988/03/16 at 17.00 to 1988/03/22 at 15.00 Gap from 1988/03/24 at 18.00 to 1988/03/25 at 12.00 Gap from 1988/03/26 at 07.00 to 1988/03/28 at 14.00 Gap from 1988/06/16 at 09.00 to 1988/06/20 at 10.00 Gap from 1988/06/22 at 13.00 to 1988/06/23 at 12.00 Gap from 1988/07/11 at 17.00 to 1988/07/12 at 08.00 Gap from 1988/08/08 at 11.00 to 1988/08/22 at 09.00 Gap from 1988/09/08 at 16.00 to 1988/09/12 at 08.00 Gap from 1988/09/22 at 23.00 to 1988/09/28 at 09.00 |
| 1989 | ASL | 96 | 154,175,206,210,244,306,338,355
Gap from 1989/02/08 at 15.00 to 1989/02/13 at 12.00 Gap from 1989/02/19 at 17.00 to 1989/02/20 at 08.00 Gap from 1989/04/06 at 15.00 to 1989/04/12 at 12.00 Gap from 1989/05/08 at 22.00 to 1989/05/09 at 07.00 |
| 1990 | ASL | 89 | 28-34,40-48,58-62,84-92,101-103,112-122,215
Gap from 1990/05/02 at 15.00 to 1990/06/11 at 14.00 |
| 1991 | ASL | 91 | 1-4,120,133-140,325
Gap from 1991/02/03 at 11.00 to 1991/02/04 at 08.00 Gap from 1991/03/02 at 01.00 to 1991/03/04 at 14.00 Gap from 1991/10/29 at 12.00 to 1991/11/06 at 13.00 Gap from 1991/11/25 at 01.00 to 1991/11/25 at 11.00 Gap from 1991/12/12 at 13.00 to 1992/01/01 at 00.00 |
| 1992 | ASL | 99 | 32,33,77-82,160,175,263,265
Gap from 1992/09/11 at 15.00 to 1992/09/14 at 11.00 Gap from 1992/11/04 at 02.00 to 1992/11/04 at 14.00 |
| 1993 | ASL | 96 | 179,230-235,261-264
Gap from 1993/08/28 at 04.00 to 1993/09/02 at 09.00 Gap from 1993/09/21 at 09.00 to 1993/09/27 at 11.00 Gap from 1993/10/11 at 10.00 to 1993/10/15 at 12.00 |
| 1994 | ASL | 99 | 103-104,131,214,246-291
Gap from 1994/01/22 at 11.00 to 1994/01/24 at 07.00 |
| 1995 | ASL | 100 | 221-241,263-301,322-339 |
| 1996 | ASL | 100 | 331 |
| 1997 | ASL | 100 | None |
| 1998 | ASL,CAP,CDT | 99 | None Gap from 1998/08/20 at 02.00 to 1998/08/21 at 10.00 |
| EGT,ESS,EWD,EWS | 050-051
Gap from 1998/08/20 at 02.00 to 1998/08/21 at 10.00 |
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| 1999 | ASL | 100 | Some questionable fluctuations (See comment) |
| CDT | None | ||
| CAP,EGT,ESS, EWD,EWS | 085 |
