Sea Level Time Series at Socoa, France from 1875 to Present

Socoa, France, provides a long-term sea level record. This dataset contains raw and processed hourly tide gauge observations from 1875 to the present, compiled by researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. The data includes multiple processing levels, from raw readings to corrected and flagged time series.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term sea level rise trends based on the 1875-to-present time series.
• Studying tidal patterns and siltation effects based on the flagged Level 4 data.
• Validating and correcting historical tide gauge records based on the described correction files.
• Conducting buddy-checking quality control on sea level observations based on the included notebooks.

Strengths

• Data spans over 145 years, from 1875 to the present.
• Includes multiple levels of processing, from raw data (L0) to fully corrected and flagged series (L4).
• Companion notebooks for data processing, buddy checking, and trend analysis are provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Collection Method

Archeology and rescue of tide gauge observations, including data from archival records.

Time Range

1875 to present

Geography

Socoa, Saint Jean-de-Luz, Southwestern France