Data and Station Information for RORVIK

Station Information

Station ID:	1241
Latitude:	64.859456
Longitude:	11.230107
GLOSS ID:	234
Coastline code:	40
Station code:	136
Country:	NORWAY
Time span of data:	1969 – 2023
Completeness (%):	98
Date of last update:	18 Jan 2024

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 RORVIK.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at RORVIK.

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: VIKC
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: rorv
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 803: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 803: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Rorvik 040/136 RLR(1972) is 9.2m below BM FM5

Documentation added 1995-03-30

tide gauge network modernised, new equipment installed in 1988

Documentation added 2010-07-19

The Norwegian Mapping Authority has revised the complete dataset for Rorvik.Primary bench mark is now H20 N61 7.077m above TGZ (see copy of the attached to the new RLR diagram). RLR for the station has been re-calculated using 2008 as the RLR year. New RLR
factor is 5.723m while RLR (2008) is 12.8m below TGBM H20 N61.

Documentation added 2012-09-05

For information on sea level change 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 2018-01-30

Using updated values supplied by the Norwegian Mapping Authority Data value for July 1988 has been removed and that for November 1988 revised.

Data Authority

Norwegian Mapping Authority
Hydrographic Service
Po. Box 60
4001 Stavanger

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

RORVIK