UK Admiralty Tidal Stream Atlases around the British Isles (1973-2005)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1973 to 2005 (publication dates) |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | NW European Continental Shelf |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Sea level |
| Instruments | Unknown |
| Description | |
| Summary | Twenty atlases show diagrammatically, with the use of arrows, the tidal streams in parts of north-west Europe at hourly intervals. Each diagram is referred to the time of high water at a selected standard port, and a method is included for interpolating or extrapolating the rate of the stream according to the range of the tide at the standard port. The atlases are drawn using all the available tidal stream data. They refer only to the upper ten metres of the water column, and are thus intended to show the likely effect of the tidal streams on a typical sea-going vessel. The data are the same as the tidal stream data given on large-scale Admiralty charts, but the diagrammatic display shows the general movement of the water more effectively. |
| Originators | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
| References | Admiralty Charts (2008) Catalogue of Admiralty Charts and other Hydrographic Publications NP131, UK Hydrographic Office |
| Data web site | http://www.ukho.gov.uk |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
| Availability | Collection cost charge; licence |
| Contact | Edward Hosken (Head of Hydrographic Data Services) |
| Address | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
| Telephone | +44 1823 337900 |
| edward.hosken@ukho.gov.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1027021 |
| Global identifier | 572 |
| Last revised | 2009-05-22 |
