GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 238 |
| Station name | Stornoway |
| Country | U.K. |
| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 58.2 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -6.38333 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1928-1983 Stilling Well/Float 1985 - Bubbler gauge |
| Responsible country | U.K. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Tide Gauge Inspectorate, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK |
| GLOSS contact | UK |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Mid-tide datum |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 15 minute intervals, filtered to hourly heights. |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Mid-tide datum |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Ordnance Survey Benchmark bolt E side of No. 2 Wharf (Bank Street Wharf) Ordnance Survey grid reference NB 4228 3264 |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide gauge zero (TGZ) = Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD) TGZ = 2.71m below Local Ordnance Datum TGZ = 6.368m below TGBM (from 1988 onwards) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | AUX 1: Ordnance Survey Benchmark bolt in steps NE angle of King Edward Wharf. Ordnance Survey grid reference NB 4215 3271. AUX 2: Amity House, E side of Esplanade Road, N face, NW angle. Ordnance Survey grid reference NB 4212 3275. AUX 3: Bank S side of Worth Beach, NW angle, N face. Ordnance Survey grid reference NB 4223 3280. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
| PSMSL code | 314 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 295 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Stornoway airport |
| Last updated | 2005-02-16 |
