EUROPEAN SEA LEVEL OBSERVING SYSTEM Station Information Sheet GLOSS Number 239 Station name Malin Head Country Ireland Time zone 000E, GMT Latitude Longitude Ocean/sea Atlantic/ Responsible country Ireland Committed to GLOSS Yes Operational? Yes Point of contact Colin Bray, Manager Data Collection, Ordnance Survey Ireland Phoenix Park Dublin 8. Ireland Ireland Tel: +353-1-8025 308 Fax: +353-1-8204 156 E-mail: cbray@osi.ie WWW: http://www.irlgov.ie/osi/ Authority responsible Ordnance Survey Ireland for tide gauge Phoenix Park, Dublin 8. Ireland Ireland Gauge servicing interval Do not know. It is serviced by the Office of Public Works Gauge servicing agency No. It is serviced by The Office of Public Works (OPW) Observation periods Gauge type OTT Pneumatic Water Gauge. Type: Hbe 20.501 Sampling rate Continuous analogue sampling. Data is abstracted manually from the analogue output at three hour intervals. Digital data No Real time data No Storm surge warning gauge No Additional parameters Atmospheric pressure Air temperature Wind speed Wind direction Sea temperature Any other parameters Barometric Pressure, Vapour Pressure and Cloud Height. All Met data is recorded at the local Met Eireann Weather Station. MSL method Submission to PSMSL Yes PSMSL data holdings Other data banks Additional information ETRF89 Co-ordinates of EUVN Station at Malin Head IE03: Latitude 55 22 17.914, Longitude 07 20 20.516 See attached diagram Tide gauge benchmark description TGBM Contact Point is a brass bolt on the floor of the tide gauge hut. Malin Head Fundamental Bench Mark (FBM) is in close proximity to the tide gauge site. See attached diagram. Frequency of levelling Bi-annually Tide gauge zero relative to EUVN See attached diagram Tide gauge zero relative to 0.000 m national levelling datum Tide gauge zero relative to Malin head FBM is 23.286 m above Mean Sea Level at Malin Head tide gauge site. The Malin Head FBM is also 19.836 m above the Malin Head tide gauge contact point. See attached diagram. tide gauge benchmark Auxiliary benchmark description Permanent GPS within 1 km No EUREF code IE03 Campaign GPS EIR/GB 1995 EUREF Campaign and EUVN 1997 Campaign. Geological substrate Gauge signal likely to No be affected by river outflow, density changes etc Any other information ETRF89 Co-ordinates of EUVN Station at Malin Head IE03: Latitude 55 22 17.914, Longitude 07 20 20.516 See attached diagram