Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

11 Mar 2019

FORMENTERA

Station Information

Station ID: 2060
Latitude: 38.73466
Longitude: 1.41903
Coastline code: 225
Station code: 22
Country: SPAIN
Time span of data: 2009 – 2016
Completeness (%): 89
Date of last update: 20 Sep 2017

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric 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

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at FORMENTERA.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at FORMENTERA.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level 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 (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: FORM
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: form

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 2011-01-24

Formentera is a new station data from 2009 and forms part of the newly established REDMAR network.
Gauge is a MIROS radar sensor. Benchmark NGAB MAR.FORMENT. 1.648m relative to the
REDMAR datum and 1.408m relative to IGN. See paper B. Perez et al 'Overlapping sea
level time series measured using different technologies: an example from the REDMAR Spanish network'.

Documentation added 2014-04-29

At the request of Puertos del Estado the latitude and longitude have been changed from 38.735000 1.418333 derived from the previously supplied degrees and minutes value 38.73466 1.41903 the site of the MIROS gauge in decimal degrees.

Data Authority

Puertos del Estado
Area de Conocimiento y Analisis del Medio Fisico
Avda. del Partenon, 10
28042 Madrid

Documentation added 2001-03-06

The Area de Conocimiento y Analisis del Medio Fisico was
formerly known as the Departamento de Clima Maritimo.