Networks

International and National Networks and Programmes

PSMSL

The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) is the global databank for monthly and annual mean sea levels containing data from almost 2000 sites. The PSMSL is a member of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services established by the International Council for Science (ICSU).

GLOSS

The Global Sea Level Observing System GLOSS is a programme of the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) for the establishment of global and regional sea level networks. The main component of GLOSS is the 'Global Core Network' (GCN).

Information on each station in the GCN can be obtained from the GLOSS Handbook. GLOSS has newsletters on the web such as the Afro-America GLOSS News.

There is a web page for PSMSL and GLOSS related publications.

There is a special web page for GLOSS-Africa.

There is a special web page for GLOSS in South America.

Hawaii Sea Level Center

The Hawaii Sea Level Center based at the University of Hawaii operates the 'fast' GLOSS Sea Level Centre, and produces the Research Quality Data Set (RQDS) of Delayed Mode hourly sea level data.

CLIVAR (ex-WOCE) Sea Level Centres

The CLIVAR Sea Level Centres are operated at the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center and at the British Oceanographic Data Centre as `fast' and `delayed mode' sea level centres respectively for the Climate Variability and Predictability Programme. These functions evolved from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Sea Level Centres at the two locations.

NTC Australia

The Australian National Tidal Centre of the Bureau of Meteorology holds extensive sea level datasets from Pacific, Indian and Southern Ocean sites and from the ASEAN region.

ACCLAIM

The ACCLAIM Programme is the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory's sea level measurement programme in the South Atlantic and Southern Oceans.

ESEAS

One of the major results of the COST Action 40 "European Sea Level Observing System" (EOSS) is the vision to establish a European Sea Level Service, and the ESEAS project builds on this.

MEDGLOSS - Mediterranean and Black Seas

MedGLOSS is a sea level programme for the Mediterranean and Black Seas under the auspices of the CIESM and IOC.

NOOS - North Sea

The North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System (NOOS) web pages contain near real-time sea levels for the North Sea area.

A similar near real-time display for the European Atlantic coast can be found in the Sea Levels along the European Atlantic Coast (SLEAC) web pages.

BOOS - Baltic Sea

The Baltic Operational Oceanographic System (BOOS) has established a real-time sea-level web page for Baltic countries.

ODINAFRICA (and GLOSS Real-Time and IOC Tsunami) Projects

The Oostend office of IOC hosts a real-time web-site for participants in the ODINAfrica programme. It includes data from the ODINAfrica gauges and some Indian Ocean gauges as they become operational by accessing data from the GTS and other real-time mechanisms. In addition, it is intended that the site will evolve into a real-time facility for all GLOSS sites and for many of the sites of the IOC tsunami programmes.

Various Americas

See under GLOSS above for the GLOSS South America web pages.

Caribbean: Planning for Adaptation to Climate Change (CPACC/MACC Sea Levels), see CPACC pages at IMA.
Water Level Observation Network for Latin America (RONMAC)
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network
Sea Level Center at Florida State University

South Pacific

South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project Project for which the sea level component is operated by the Australian National Tidal Centre

Southern Indian Ocean - ROSAME Network

The ROSAME network contains tide gauges from sites in the southern Indian Ocean. Its web site in English can be accessed by Clicking here and the version in French can be accessed by Clicking here.

The web site includes real time monitoring of the tide gauges which can be seen on the 'Data' pages of the sites.

National Sea Level Authorities with
Web Access to Real-Time ('Fast') or Delayed Mode Sea Level Data or related information (e.g. Tidal Predictions)

Argentina      Argentine Hydrographic Office hourly sea level for the last day 
..             tidal predictions 
Australia      National Tidal Centre
Belgium        Flemmish Data Banks(click on 'ordered by parameter') recent data
Bermuda        see United States, National Ocean Service
Brazil         Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navagacao (tidal predictions) 
Canada         Marine Environmental Data Service archived data
..             Canadian Hydrographic Service tidal predictions
Channel Is.    see United Kingdom
Chile          Servicio Hydrografico & Oceanografico 
               Tidal predictions and sea level data for the last 4 days
Croatia        Hydrographic Institute of Croatia 
Cyprus         Cyprus real-time sea level page (Paphos station) 
Denmark        Danish Meteorological Institute displays of real time data
               (Data themselves must be ordered by letter from DMI)
               Danish Farvandsvaesenet  (same remarks)
..             also see BOOS programme
Djibouti       Djibouti real-time data from the IOC Ostende server 
Ecuador        Instituto Oceanografico de la Marmada del Ecuador (tidal predictions) 
Estonia        Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology real time data
Finland        see BOOS programme also
               Finland Institute Marine Research 
France         Online data from the SONEL project
               Information on the French RONIM network (obtain data through SONEL) 
               French ROSAME network in the S.Indian Ocean 
Germany (Baltic) see BOOS programme for coastal real time data
Germany (North Sea) see NOOS programme for coastal real time data
Gremany (all)  Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung real-time and archived levels (mostly rivers) 
Germany (all)  Tidal predictions from BSH
Ghana          Takoradi real-time data from the IOC Ostende server 
Gibraltar      POL gauge at Gibraltar 
Greece         Helenic Navy tide gauge network 
Hong Kong      Hong Kong Observatory tidal predictions
..             Hong Kong real time data 
Iceland        Reykjavik real time data 
India          Real-time data from Goa (National Institute of Oceanography)
Ireland        Irish Tides web site 
Iran           Iran Hydrographic Office 
Israel         Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) data sets 
..             see also MedGLOSS programme
Italy          APAT web pages 
..             Trieste tide gauge - click on: 
               Rete idrometeorologica [hydrometerological network] (column 4 from left);
               Elenco delle stazioni di rilevamento [list of monitoring stations] (brown box on the right);
               Find Trieste Marea CNR-ISMAR and click over this legend;
               Click over Vedi i dati [see data] below Sensori [sensors].
Japan          Japan Oceanographic Data Centre
               (This is accessed via) JODC higher level page
..             Hydrographic Department Japan Coast Guard (real time data) 
..             Geophysical Survey Institute (tidal archive though Japanese pages only) 
..             Geophysical Survey Institute (English version) 
..             NEAR-GOOS Delayed Mode data base 
..             Real-time data 29 stations Japan Coast Guard 
..             Real-time and archive data from Syowa station 
Korea (Rep of) www.nori.go.kr
Malaysia       Dept. of Survey and Mapping tidal predictions 
Malta          Portomaso MedGLOSS station real time data 
Mauritania     Nouakchott real-time data from the IOC Ostende server 
Mexico         Center of Scientific Research and Higher Education, Ensenada 
               (daily tidal charts and predictions and historical data)
               National sea level service of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 
               (tidal predictions and historical data)
Netherlands    Dutch real-time data as graphs 
..             Dutch historical sea level data in Dutch and English 
New Zealand    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research real-time data 
Norway         Norwegian Hydrographic Service 
Pakistan       Karachi real-time data from the IOC Ostende server 
Peru           Direction of Navigation & Hydrography 
Philippines    National Mapping and Resource Information Authority tidal predictions 
Poland         Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej 
Portugal       Hydrographic Office tidal predictions 
..             www.igeo.pt Instituto Geographico
Slovenia       Real time data Slovenian Environmental Agency 
               Fast and delayed-mode data arrangements can also be made with Environmental Agency of Slovenia
Sao Tome       Sao Tome data via the French ROSAME server 
South Africa   South Africa Hydrographic Office tidal predictions
..             Real-time data for 3 stations from the IOC Ostende server 
Spain          Puertos del Estado 
               [click on Oceanography and Meteorology-Forecast-Sea Level Forecast for real-time and forecast sea levels]
..             Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia archived sea level data 
Sri Lanka      NARA, Sri Lanka (NODC and tidal research)
Sweden         SMHI Real Time Data (also available via NOOS and BOOS)
Thailand       Hydrographic Department, Royal Thai Navy 
Turkey         Turkish Sea Level Monitoring System (TUSELS) 
United States  National Ocean Service (NOAA)
..             NOAA web site for sea level data 
..             US Sea Level Trends and MSL Anomalies 
United Kingdom UK National Tidal & Sea Level Facility (NTSLF)
Uruguay        Servicio de Oceanografia, Hidrografia and Meteorologia de la Armada (tidal predictions)
Vietnam

GLOUP

The GLOUP (Global Undersea Pressure) is the global data bank for ocean bottom pressure measurements. This activity is an important contribution to the study of ocean circulation and tides, and was established formally as a sub-activity of the PSMSL in 1999. Pelagic Tidal constants are available under GLOUP.

Other Useful Addresses

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Intergovernmental Hydrographic Organisation (IHO)
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
Ocean Data & Information Network for Africa (IOC)
International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO)
Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS)
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Climate Variability and Predictability Programme (CLIVAR)
International GNSS Service (IGS)
International Earth Rotation Service (IERS)
International DORIS Service
NODC/NOAA
International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM)
Tsunami Information
The TIEMPO Climate Cyberlibrary
A list of Altimeter Web Pages
The SURVAS Project (Socio-economic issues of sea level change)
SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC)