Tide Gauge Data 2
Title
Tide Gauge Data 2
Research Area(s):
Oceanography
Description: Physical form of the data:
1. pen trace on paper or film
2. tabulated hourly or high/low tides on paper or film
2. tabulated hourly or high/low tides on paper or film
Description: Content and context of data, if known:
Information gathered from member countries of the Global Sea Level Observing System (UNESCO). Instruments are mostly standard float/well tide gauges with analog recording of pen on paper. Details available at ftp://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/caldwell_pub/dartg/inv/GLOSSrescue2012.zip
Name of current data holder:
UK Hydro. Office, Instituto Geografico Nacional-Spain, Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut -Denmark, Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst-Netherlands, Tbilisi State University-Russia
Dates associated with data:
1849-1999
Size:
96 stations, 1233 years, 62 books, ~25 boxes
Data condition:
varies from barely readable to well preserved
Risk level:
varies
Known access and restrictions:
Must be copied or photographed on site. Originals are not released.
Notes:
support to science: climate change, storm surge, tsunami, tidal analysis, ocean current variations
Contact information:
Patrick Caldwell, NOAA/NESDIS/NODC, patrick.caldwell@noaa.gov
About the Original Item
- Date Added
- May 24, 2012
- Item Type
- DARi Metadata Scheme Ver. 1.0
- Citation
- “Tide Gauge Data 2,” Data-at-Risk Inventory, accessed May 25, 2013, http://ibiblio.org/data-at-risk/items/show/92.
- Associated Files
- No files are associated with this item.