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UK Coastal Flood Forecasting (UKCFF) Tide Gauge Network

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The UK Coastal Flood Forecasting (UKCFF) is a partnership formed by the Environment Agency (EA), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Department for Agriculture and Rivers Agency Northern Ireland (RAN) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Through the partnership the authorities commission and deliver the capability to monitoring and forecasting of coastal conditions that underpin coastal flood forecasting and flood risk modelling throughout the UK. The network includes 43 gauges most of which are related through the national levelling network to Ordnance Datum Newlyn. The whole network is owned by the Environment Agency who operates the network on behalf of the UKCFF partners. Data are collected, processed and archived centrally to provide long time series of reliable and accurate sea levels. The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) act as Data Archive Centre for this data.

  • Identification
  • Extent
  • Distribution
  • Quality
  • Keywords
  • Spatial Reference System
  • Content
  • Constraints
  • Maintenance
  • Metadata

Identification

Dynodydd
Identifier
NRW_DS121398
Teitl Amgen
Alternative Title
  • UK Tide Gauge Network API
Laith Metadata
Metadata Language
English
Lineage

Data from the UKCFF goes into WISKI7 Hydro and Telemetry. Although NRW receives data from several sites within the network, only one site goes into our central data store. This data relates to Mumbles Head only. Data is made available in near real-time with measurements reported every 15 minutes. The measurements provide mean sea level within each 15-minute window and are reported relative to local datum (m) and relative to Ordnance Datum at Newlyn (mAOD). BODC has special responsibility for the remote monitoring and retrieval of sea level data from the network. Daily checks are kept on the performance of the gauges and the data are downloaded weekly. These areas then routinely processed, and quality controlled prior to being made available for scientific use. The data can also be accessed through the BODC website or through an Environment Agency API. Note that for convenience the website displays times in local time (i.e. BST during the summer) whereas the underlying data from the API is given in GMT.

Dyddiad cyfeirnod y set ddata (Cyhoeddiad)
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2018-03-23
Perchennog
Owner
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Perchennog
Owner
  Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) -
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Erskine Court, Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TR
http://www.sepa.org.uk
Perchennog
Owner
  Environment Agency (EA) -
Millbank Tower, 25th Floor, 21//24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4XL, England
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
Perchennog
Owner
  Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs -
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Ballymiscaw, Belfast, BT4 3SB
Not Provided
Cychwynnwr
Originator
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Cychwynnwr
Originator
  Environment Agency (EA) -
Millbank Tower, 25th Floor, 21//24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4XL, England
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
Cychwynnwr
Originator
  Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) -
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Erskine Court, Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TR
http://www.sepa.org.uk
Cychwynnwr
Originator
  Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs -
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Ballymiscaw, Belfast, BT4 3SB
Not Provided
 

Extent

Extent

Hyd
Geographic Extent
Wales (WLS)
N
W
E
S
Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset


 

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword

water column boundary layer

 
 

Distribution

Dosbarthiad
Distribution

Fformat - Math a Disgrifiad
Format Type and Description
  • Text or Plaintext ()

    Specification

    JSON API Data Download available from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Lleolwr Adnoddau
Resource Locator
BODC: Data Download

World Wide Web page

 

Quality

Ansawdd Data
Data quality

Cwmpas Ansawdd
Quality Scope
Dataset
Dataset
Cydymffurfiad
Conformity
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation

This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.

Degree
false
Lineage

Data from the UKCFF goes into WISKI7 Hydro and Telemetry. Although NRW receives data from several sites within the network, only one site goes into our central data store. This data relates to Mumbles Head only. Data is made available in near real-time with measurements reported every 15 minutes. The measurements provide mean sea level within each 15-minute window and are reported relative to local datum (m) and relative to Ordnance Datum at Newlyn (mAOD). BODC has special responsibility for the remote monitoring and retrieval of sea level data from the network. Daily checks are kept on the performance of the gauges and the data are downloaded weekly. These areas then routinely processed, and quality controlled prior to being made available for scientific use. The data can also be accessed through the BODC website or through an Environment Agency API. Note that for convenience the website displays times in local time (i.e. BST during the summer) whereas the underlying data from the API is given in GMT.

 

Keywords

Allweddair
Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Hydrography
Math
Type
Theme
Theme

Dyfyniad
Citation

Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)
Date (Publication)
2008-06-01
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Allweddair
Keywords

NRW Thesaurus
  • hydrometry
  • tidal
Math
Type
Theme
Theme

Dyfyniad
Citation

Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)
Date (Publication)
2023-12-31
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Allweddair
Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Sea level
Math
Type
Theme
Theme

Dyfyniad
Citation

Dyddiad (Adolygu)
Date (Revision)
2021-01-06
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml
 

Spatial Reference System

Code
NONE
 

Content

Gwybodaeth Cynnwys
Content Information

Proffil CNC
NRW Profile

Elfennau CNC
Custom Elements

 

Constraints

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Math o Gyfyngiad
Restriction type
Other restrictions
Other restrictions
 

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations
no limitations
 

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints

This data is jointly owned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Environment Agency (EA) Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Department for Agriculture and Rivers Agency Northern Ireland (RANI). There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

 

Use Constraints

Cyfyngiadau Defnyddio
Use constraints type
Other restrictions
Other restrictions
Other constraints

© Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Environment Agency (EA) Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Department for Agriculture and Rivers Agency Northern Ireland (RANI). Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

 
 
 

Metadata

Metadata

Dynodydd Ffeil
File Identifier
4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313231333938 XML
Laith Metadata
Metadata Language
English
Math o adnodd
Resource type
Dataset
Dataset
Dyddiad Metadata
Metadata Date
2026-03-03T16:27:49.543Z
Enw Safonol Metadata
Metadata Standard Name
NRW
Fersiwn Metadata
Metadata Standard Version

1.0

Pwynt Cyswllt
pointOfContact
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
 
 

Publishing Body

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Full access to the portal and metadata.


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