EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM 

                                 Station Information Sheet 


 GLOSS Number
 Station name                            Liverpool (Gladstone Dock) 
 Country                                 UK
 Time zone                               000E, GMT
 Latitude                                   53.4494 
 Longitude                                  -3.0167 
 Ocean/sea                               Atlantic/ 

 Responsible country                     UK
 Committed to GLOSS                      No
 Operational?                            Yes

 Point of contact                        Lesley Rickards,
                                         British Oceanographic Data Centre
                                         CCMS Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory 
                                          Bidston Observatory 
                                          Birkenhead 
                                          Merseyside 
                                          L43 7RA 
                                         UK
                                         Tel: +44 (0) 151 653 8633
                                         Fax: +44 (0) 151 652 3950
                                         E-mail: ljr@ccms.ac.uk
                                         WWW: http://www.pol.ac.uk/bodc/bodcmain.html


 Authority responsible                   British Oceanographic Data Centre
 for tide gauge                          CCMS Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory,
                                          Bidston Observatory 
                                          Birkenhead 
                                          Merseyside 
                                          L43 7RA 
                                         UK

 Gauge servicing interval                

 Gauge servicing agency                  Serviced by Tide Gauge Inspectorate at CCMS POL

 Observation periods                     1991-

 Gauge type                              pressure transducer + pnuematic bubbler
 Sampling rate                           15 minutes
 Digital data                            Yes
 Real time data                          No
 Storm surge warning gauge               No

 Additional parameters                   
 Any other parameters                   

 MSL method				                  

 Submission to PSMSL                     Yes
 PSMSL data holdings                     
 Other data banks			                  
 Additional information                  Other data available for Liverpool. e.g. Princes Pier 1927, 1963-83, 1986. Probably other darta also available.


 Tide gauge benchmark description        NBM Rivit NE face E angle base of building (NG Co-ords SJ 3249 9525)

 Frequency of levelling                  

 Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN        

 Tide gauge zero relative to             TGZ = admiralty chart datum = 4.93m below ODN
 national levelling datum                

 Tide gauge zero relative to             TGZ = 14.475m below TGBM
 tide gauge benchmark                    

 Auxiliary benchmark description         Aux 1 - Rivit E side of quay above hinge SW dock gate (NG Co-ords SJ 3250 9523)

 Permanent GPS within 1 km               No
 EUREF code                              
 Campaign GPS                            

 Geological substrate                    

 Gauge signal likely to                  
 be affected by river
 outflow, density
 changes etc

 Any other information                   Other data available for Liverpool. e.g. Princes Pier 1927, 1963-83, 1986. Probably other darta also available.