Importing PSMSL Revised Local Reference (RLR) Sea Level Data Into Data Commons

Author: Brian Chivers

Table of Contents

1. About the Dataset
2. About the Import

About the Dataset

Download URL

RLR Monthly Mean data is available at the following URL: Download Page

Overview

This dataset contains a Sea Level height for a number of Tide Gauge stations across the world, and a number of dates. This note page contains information about the files themselves. This page also describes how the RLR is created and why it's technically different than actual Sea Level height.

Please reference the PSMSL site for any additonal information on this data.

About the Import

Artifacts

Raw Data

• rlr_monthly.zip
• rlr_monthly/

Cleaned Data

• PSMSL_data_commons.csv

Template MCFs

• PSMSL_data_commons.tmcf

Scripts

• process_psmsl_data.py

Generating Artifacts:

PSMSL_data_commons.tmcf was generated using the import wizard

To generate PSMSL_data_commons.csv, run:

python3 preproccess.py