LERWICK

Station Information

Station ID:	830
Latitude:	60.15
Longitude:	-1.133333
GLOSS ID:	236
Coastline code:	170
Station code:	1
Country:	UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of data:	1957 – 2010
Completeness (%):	91
Frequency Code:	24
Date of last update:	31 Oct 2011

Green Arrow:	Current Station
Yellow Marker:	Neighbouring RLR Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Tide Gauge Data

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution. NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: LWTG

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 2001Jan02 :
Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from
the University of Nottingham web site:
http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-JUN-91 :
Lerwick 170/001 RLR(1987) is 10.3m below TGBM HU4783 4129
=========================== BENCHMARK INFORMATION UPDATE ADDED 12-JUL-93 :
Lerwick 170/001 RLR(1987) is 10.3m below TGBM HU4783 4129
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 16-SEP-94 :
A Munro gauge is known to have been installed in December 1956,
although a Lea system must have been operating prior to that.
Another Lea replaced the Munro in November 1963. From May 1989 the gauge
has been an "A Class" bubbler.

Data Authority

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory

Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street

Liverpool

L3 5DA

UNITED KINGDOM