Historical bottom pressure recorder data

Our bottom pressure recorder data holdings are illustrated as either collected in the open ocean (water depth greater than 200m) or the shelf seas (water depth less than 200m).

The inventory below provides access to the individual ASCII (BODC request format) data files, sorted by start date.

Click on to download the data. Alternatively, two ‘zip’ compressed files containing all data from either the open ocean (oceanbpr.zip) or the shelf seas (shelfbpr.zip) are available.  

Data documentation is provided as individual ASCII text files for each bottom pressure recorder from the table below.

Click on to view the documentation. Alternatively, view one file (bppr_document.pdf) containing information for all the bottom pressure recorder data.

Some of these data are also included within the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO)/Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) Pelagic Tidal Constants data set. The 'IAPSO' column below indicates their reference code.

Station ID.	Latitude	Longitude	Sea floor depth	Start date	Record length	Data	Doc.	IAPSO no.
RC1,M1,M2	47 40.1N	7 14.8W	165	1969-10-03	35
R8(14)	56 00.4N	8 35.1W	138	1970-07-19	22			1.1.15
R7(13)	56 55.2N	8 35.2W	100	1970-07-21	6
R1	58 02.0N	8 35.0W	130	1971-03-01	30			1.1.17
R2	58 47.0N	7 30.0W	110	1971-03-02	22			1.1.18
R2	58 47.0N	7 30.0W	110	1971-08-12	23
R3	59 20.0N	6 21.0W	188	1971-08-13	30			1.1.19
R4	59 46.0N	4 39.0W	104	1971-08-14	10			1.1.20
R5	60 00.0N	2 58.0W	90	1971-08-14	30			1.1.21
RM2,MC	36 40.6N	14 14.7W	212	1972-07-16	32			1.1.42
RGE	53 26.5N	5 22.0W	85	1972-09-07	32
RLCB1	47 45.0N	7 12.0W	174	1973-06-01	33
RC	51 02.9N	6 56.6W	95	1973-06-03	33
RLB	53 30.0N	3 13.0W	10	1973-06-04	43
PJONSDAP,RWI	52 28.0N	2 13.0E	39	1973-09-06	42
PJONSDAP,RWE	52 27.1N	3 14.5E	35	1973-09-08	43
PJONSDAP,RZO	54 19.5N	1 14.5E	23	1973-09-08	41
RD1,M1,M2	47 26.6N	8 26.0W	2158	1974-02-14	39			1.1.7
RE	59 17.8N	0 03.0W	145	1974-11-01	42
RNSH,M2	59 46.9N	0 00.5W	137	1974-11-01	17
RH	59 46.9N	0 05.0W	137	1974-11-02	17
RC2,M10,M11	48 09.9N	8 20.1W	267	1974-11-03	18			1.1.10
RM1,M2	36 40.8N	11 12.5W	145	1974-11-07	25			1.1.43
RD3,M1,M2	37 09.3N	20 04.3W	2865	1974-11-10	19			1.1.41
RD4,M1,M2	36 55.3N	9 42.0W	1983	1975-01-27	42			1.1.44
RC3,M10,M11	48 36.8N	9 40.9W	198	1975-09-04	24			1.1.11
RC4	49 01.6N	10 58.3W	203	1975-09-05	24			1.1.12
RC4,M1,M2	49 01.6N	10 58.3W	203	1975-09-05	24			1.1.12
RC5,M9,M11	49 54.0N	10 53.9W	190	1975-09-05	25			1.1.13
RC6	50 49.2N	10 55.0W	172	1975-09-06	24			1.1.14
RC6,M0	50 49.2N	10 55.0W	172	1975-09-06	24
RC6,M2,M4,M5	50 49.2N	10 55.0W	172	1975-09-06	24
RC8,M10,M12	53 36.0N	13 49.1W	290	1975-09-07	25			1.1.35
RC7,M10,M12	53 36.5N	11 18.2W	187	1975-09-07	8			1.1.36
RD5,M10,M12	53 38.2N	20 01.4W	2045	1975-09-09	25			1.1.34
RD6,M10	53 30.6N	25 05.6W	3508	1975-09-11	25			1.1.33
PJONSDAP,R53	58 37.0N	2 26.3W	63	1976-03-09	36
PJONSDAP,R54	58 56.0N	1 15.0W	113	1976-03-12	34			1.1.48
PJONSDAP,R55	59 19.2N	0 15.1E	135	1976-03-12	35			1.1.49
RJ57,M1,M2	59 20.0N	4 31.0E	271	1976-03-13	35			1.1.51
PJONSDAP,R56	59 19.5N	2 46.7E	119	1976-03-14	33			1.1.50
RD7,M1,M2	53 38.8N	30 09.9W	3196	1976-09-15	16
RD8,M2,M1	57 01.3N	29 58.0W	2448	1976-09-15	25			1.1.31
RD9,M2,M1	60 12.3N	28 46.0W	1200	1976-09-16	22			1.1.30
RR1,M1,M2	62 50.2N	24 43.1W	493	1976-09-18	20			1.1.29
RR2,M1,M2	62 57.1N	10 57.3W	444	1976-09-20	16			1.1.28
RM3,M1,M2	48 44.8N	28 11.3W	1171	1977-01-14	44			1.1.38
RM4,M4,M5	45 21.4N	28 09.2W	977	1977-01-16	46			1.1.39
RD10,M2,M1	41 25.0N	27 56.7W	2413	1977-01-18	46			1.1.40
R10	53 46.0N	3 43.0W	41	1977-03-16	47
R12	53 46.0N	4 08.0W	48	1977-03-21	26
R35	53 39.0N	3 55.0W	32	1977-03-21	34
R34	54 09.0N	3 40.0W	29	1977-03-21	33
R33	52 04.0N	5 47.0W	95	1977-03-22	35
RQC	53 30.8N	3 11.9W	20	1977-03-20	80
NSTART BAY	50 15.1N	3 33.8W	43	1977-07-28	45
RD	53 45.8N	4 07.0W	48	1977-10-17	38
RB	51 45.2N	6 35.7W	70	1978-03-25	49
RD	50 35.0N	6 10.0W	91	1978-03-28	114
RF	50 33.0N	7 32.0W	108	1978-03-30	45			1.1.55
RC	51 20.0N	6 30.0W	95	1978-04-01	42
NLOCH LINNHE	56 30.0N	5 37.0W	180	1978-07-20	40
RT3,M4	3 07.9N	25 03.6W	4200	1978-09-11	27			1.3.7
RT3,M4,M5,M6	3 07.9N	25 03.6W	4200	1978-09-11	29
RT1,M1,M2	10 05.5N	17 13.7W	524	1978-11-07	34
RT2,M4,M5,M6	6 03.9N	20 58.1W	3650	1978-11-10	29			1.3.6
RT4,M1,M2	0 56.0N	29 16.6W	383	1978-11-12	32			1.3.8
RT7,M0	17 04.2S	13 39.6W	2700	1979-01-02	82			1.3.10
RT7,M4,M5,M6	17 04.2S	13 39.6W	2700	1979-01-04	64			1.3.10
RB	54 57.7N	5 35.7W	157	1979-08-05	48
RE	55 27.8N	6 09.8W	108	1979-08-06	47
RJ	55 00.2N	9 59.5W	115	1979-08-08	49			1.1.61
RK	55 14.6N	10 43.0W	2510	1979-08-09	49			1.1.62
RNL,M7,M5,M6	55 40.3N	10 49.1W	2504	1979-08-09	48			1.1.63
RD	55 51.6N	5 44.5W	104	1979-08-12	41
RC	55 00.0N	7 50.0E	17	197908/23	58
RB	55 05.0N	7 10.0E	29	1979-08-23	59
RBC4	50 55.1N	4 59.9W	59	1980-03-31	27
RBC3	51 24.6N	5 00.6W	60	1980-04-01	27
RN	57 14.0N	10 04.0W	2118	1980-04-28	34			1.1.64
NSTEEPHOLM	51 20.3N	3 06.2W	5	1980-05-08	41
NLAVERNOCK POINT	51 24.4N	3 09.7W	4	1980-05-08	40
RB1,M0	45 59.1N	46 26.7W	697	1980-08-05	127
RA1	46 03.8N	46 34.0W	525	1980-08-05	126
RA1,M4,M5,M6	46 03.8N	46 34.0W	525	1980-08-05	127			1.2.37
RA3	43 06.3N	35 11.1W	3515	1980-08-05	120			1.1.65
RA3,M4	43 06.4N	35 11.1W	3457	1980-08-05	121			1.1.65
RB2,M0	44 29.4N	40 30.0W	2380	1980-08-08	123
RA4	34 12.8N	28 54.6W	3577	1980-08-10	105			1.1.66
RA5	43 01.5N	21 51.6W	2548	1980-08-13	122
RD11,M5,M6	45 01.3N	15 24.7W	2830	1980-08-14	123			1.1.68
RM	51 08.4N	9 47.8W	117	1980-08-30	55			1.1.60
RE	51 21.3N	8 31.0W	92	1980-08-31	55
RF	50 31.7N	7 36.7W	110	1980-09-02	47			1.1.56
RK	50 31.4N	9 48.5W	130	1980-09-03	50			1.1.58
RL	48 47.7N	7 01.4W	125	1980-09-07	42			1.1.59
RG	49 39.6N	8 31.7W	140	1980-09-07	45			1.1.57
RY1,M4,M5	44 56.5N	15 34.6W	3164	1980-12-15	218			1.1.69
RB	53 14.4N	2 06.0E	35	1981-05-06	41
RE	54 00.6N	0 50.4E	48	1981-05-07	37
RH	54 48.0N	0 15.0E	77	1981-05-07	37
RJ	55 35.0N	0 45.6E	75	1981-05-09	37
RL	55 19.6N	0 32.7W	70	1981-05-10	36
RP	56 16.0N	1 12.0W	60	1981-05-11	36
RPA,M5,M6	26 18.0S	47 30.6W	74	1981-06-17	30			1.4.3
RHB,M6,M7	18 02.5S	36 08.3W	152	1981-06-20	23			1.3.11
NLOWER LOCH	56 34.0N	5 18.7W	8	1981-07-23	64
NUPPER LOCH	56 34.0N	5 18.7W	8	1981-07-23	64
RA6H,M0	33 59.9N	34 52.9W	3066	1981-12-01	106			1.1.70
RA7A,M0	33 55.3N	41 11.5W	3372	1981-12-05	101			1.2.38
RG1,M5,M6	26 34.6N	43 57.5W	3600	1981-12-08	96			1.2.39
RG2,M6	19 00.4N	47 30.6W	3470	1981-12-11	91			1.3.12
RG2A,M0	19 00.4N	47 30.6W	3470	1981-12-11	91			1.3.12
RG3,M5,M6	14 42.4N	48 50.4W	3527	1981-12-14	87			1.3.13
RG4H,M0	9 59.1N	50 31.1W	4850	1981-12-15	85			1.3.14
RG5,M5,M6	6 59.6N	51 33.3W	3764	1981-12-16	83			1.3.15
RA6-1,M5	57 19.0N	9 52.5W	2004	1982-04-28	117			1.1.75
RA6-2,M5	57 19.0N	9 52.5W	2004	1982-08-22	179			1.1.75
RC4-1,M5	59 11.8N	7 41.3W	1095	1982-08-22	173			1.1.78
RB5-1,M5	58 11.5N	9 57.5W	1870	1982-08-23	153			1.1.76
RB5-2,M5	58 11.5N	9 57.5W	1870	1982-08-23	173
RC1,M5	58 59.2N	7 23.9W	206	1982-08-24	60			1.1.77
RC4-2,M5	59 11.8N	7 41.3W	1095	1982-08-24	169
RD1-1,M5	59 38.7N	6 00.5W	200	1982-08-27	82			1.1.79
RB2,M3	58 00.8N	9 09.0W	213	1982-08-28	59
RF3,M5,M6	61 24.2N	2 05.6W	1025	1982-10-04	163			1.1.82
RF1,M5	61 07.9N	1 33.1W	185	1982-10-04	163			1.1.81
RG4,M5,M6	63 07.9N	0 00.4W	1579	1982-10-05	164			1.1.84
RG1,M5	61 30.0N	0 01.3W	190	1982-10-06	162			1.1.83
RE3,M5,M6	60 31.7N	4 58.8W		1982-10-09	166			1.1.80
RB1,M3	57 54.7N	8 48.5W	146	1982-10-25	103
RD1-2,M5	59 38.7N	6 00.5W	200	1983-02-03	10