Sealevel Station Catalog (SSC)
Station catalog metadata [edit][station overview]
SSC IDSSC-lerw
Station NameLerwick
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude60.155316
Longitude-1.145192
DateLastModified2015-10-22 19:02:29
Linked codes
CodesLocationLatitudeLongitudeSensors
IOC: lerwLerwick (tsunami)60.155316-1.145192bub, bub1
IOC: lerw2Lerwick2 60.155316-1.145192bub
GLOSS: 236Lerwick60.15-1.13333Pressure, Bubbler, Radar
UHSLC: 293Lerwick60.155-1.14N/A
PSMSL: 830LERWICK60.154028-1.140306N/A
SONEL_GPS: 1907LERWICK60.15400314-1.14038098N/A
SONEL_TG: 2188LERWICK60.15400314-1.14038098N/A
Distributed metadata source: IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility lerw
StatusDown
Local ContactNational Oceanography Centre ( UK )
ConnectionSOCKET
CountryUK
Sensor 1
  Type of sensorbub
  Sampling rate (min)0.1667
Sensor 2
  Type of sensorbub1
  Sampling rate (min)0.1667
Distributed metadata source: IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility lerw2
StatusOperational
Local ContactNational Oceanography Centre ( UK )
ConnectionFTP box
CountryUK
Sensor 1
  Type of sensorbub
  Sampling rate (min)15
Distributed metadata source: GLOSS Station Handbook
Time Zone000E, GMT
OceanAtlantic
OperationalYes
Tide gauge benchmarksOrdnance Survey Benchmark bolt on breakwater wall. Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: HU 4783 4129
Benchmark relationshipsTide Gauge Zero = Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD) Tide Gauge Zero = 1.22m below local Ordnance Datum Tide Gauge Zero = 4.57m below Tide Gauge Benchmark (from 1989 onwards)
Auxiliary benchmarksAUX 1: On SW face (south angle) of Queens Hotel. OS Grid Reference HU 4784 4125 AUX 2: On N face (north west angle) of Lerwick Parish Church. OS Grid Reference HU 4777 4110 Rivet: Set in concrete on north east angle of tide gauge hut.
Other relevant codesUHSLC 293
Nearest Met. stationSumburgh
Distributed metadata source: UHSLC
UHSLC id293
SSC idlerw
GLOSS id236
UHSLC geojsonhttps://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu/data/meta.geojson
Research quality data version a1959-01-01 - 2016-11-26
RQ basinatlantic
Fast delivery1959-01-01 - 2013-11-30
Distributed metadata source: PSMSL
NameLERWICK
GLOSS id236
UHSLC ID293
SONEL id4408
Is RLRY
Has RLR DiagramY link
QC FlagN
Old ID170/001
Last Updated2024-02-02
SupplierENVIRONMENT AGENCY
AddressHorizon House, Deanery Road, BS1 5AH, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
Metric Start1957
Metric End2023
Metric Completeness86.2
RLR Start1957
RLR End2023
RLR Completeness86.2
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IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility - realtime graph for 'lerw'

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