Historic sea level data from the South coast of England, 1935-1990
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1935-1990 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | 6 sites along the South coast of England. Devonport, Newhaven, Portsmouth, Southampton, St. Marys and Weymouth. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Sea level |
| Instruments | Sea level recorders |
| Description | |
| Summary | Historic sea level data from 6 sites on the South coast of England, recovered as part of a PhD on sea level trends in the English Channel. Devonport: 1961-1986, 1988-1990 Newhaven: 1942-1948, 1950-1951, 1953-1957, 1964-1965, 1973, 1988 Portsmouth: 1961-1990 Southampton: 1935-1979, 1982-1990 St. Marys: 1968-1969, 1973, 1975, 1977-1978, 1987-1989 Weymouth: 1967-1971, 1983-1987 There are raw data files and cleaned data files. The cleaned files have been corrected for datum changes which are recorded in the readme files for each site. |
| Originators | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| References | Haigh, I.D., Nicholls, R.J., Wells, N.C., (2009) Mean sea-level trends from English Channel tide gauge records and their wider context., Continental Shelf Research |
| Data web site | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/4760/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Availability | Licence; unrestricted |
| 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 | 1048SOUTHCOAST_SEALEVEL |
| Global identifier | 4760 |
| Last revised | 2021-04-21 |
