UK National Databank of Coastal Tide Gauge Data (1842-)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 1842 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Mainly coastal locations around the British Isles; also coastal sites and islands worldwide. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Sea level |
| Instruments | Sea level recorders |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises time series of sea level data from coastal tide gauges. The data holdings include over 1000 site years of data from about 200 sites comprising about 10 million records. About 75 per cent of the data are from some 100 sites around the British Isles - the remaining data are from coastal sites and islands scattered across the globe. Data are primarily hourly values. Recording periods vary from one month at some sites to over several years.There are three short series from around the Irish coast which were collected in 1842. |
| Originators | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Data web site | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/hosted_data_systems/sea_level/uk_tide_gauge_network/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
| Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Telephone | +44 (0)782 512 0946 |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1048010 |
| Global identifier | 154 |
| Last revised | 2017-01-30 |
