Data
- Obtaining
- Supplying
- High-Frequency
- Bottom Pressure Records
- Other Long Records
- GLOSS/ODINAFRICA Calibration Data
Data Notes
- Individual Station Data and Plot Notes
- Referencing the Data Set
- PSMSL Help File
- 2010 Changes to the PSMSL Data Files
Extracted from Database
23 Nov 2020
Station Information
| Station ID: | 682 |
| Latitude: | 63.113859 |
| Longitude: | 7.734352 |
| Coastline code: | 40 |
| Station code: | 161 |
| Country: | NORWAY |
| Time span of data: | 1952 – 2019 |
| Completeness (%): | 98 |
| Date of last update: | 21 Jan 2020 |
| 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
Station Documentation
Link to RLR information.Documentation added 1991-06-11
Kristiansund 040/161 RLR(1964) is 9.0m below BM"Kai"Documentation added 1995-03-30
Prior to 1978 fcode=CDocumentation added 1995-03-30
Tide gauge network modernised, new equipment installed in 1986Documentation added 2009-04-06
2007/8 mean sea level values entered as METRIC only awaiting confirmation of a datum query.Documentation added 2009-10-29
The Norwegian Mapping Authority have revised their datasets. Whole dataset for Kristiansund now refers to benchmark D25 N40 which is 11.519m above TGZ. A value of 4.981m has been calculated for RLR (2008).RLR (2008) is 16.5m below TGBM D25 N40.Documentation added 2012-09-05
For information of sea level rise along the Norwegian coast see paper "Contributions to sea level variability along the Norwegian coast for 1960-2010" by K. Richter, J.E.O. Nilsen and H. Drange.Documentation added 2018-01-25
Monthly mean data values for September, October and November 1986 have been updated using revised values supplied by the Norwegian Mapping Authority.Data Authority
Norwegian Mapping AuthorityHydrographic Service
Po. Box 60
4001 Stavanger
