Dataset: d002


Global attributes:

INST_TYPE: "FLOAT GAUGE"
DATA_TYPE: "TIME"
DATA_SUBTYPE: "H"
DATA_ORIGIN: "UHSLC"
COORD_SYSTEM: "GEOGRAPHICAL"
Conventions: "PMEL-CDF/TIME"
EXPERIMENT: "WOCE"
PROJECT: "FAST"
MOORING: "002"
DELTA_T: "DAILY"
VAR_DESC: "SEA LEVEL"
DESCRIPT: "AVERAGE DATA"
VAR_FILL: "1.e35"
DRIFTER: 0
WATER_DEPTH: 0
FILL_FLAG: 1
PROG_CMNT1: "conversion from ascii"
COMPOSITE: 0
POS_CONST: 0
DEPTH_CONST: 0
WOCETIME: "YYYYMMDDhh"
WOCEstartTIME_DAILY: 1992120112
WOCEendTIME_DAILY: 2006043012
MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 1.341
MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 1.896
DOC_001: " "
DOC_002: " QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA "
DOC_003: " by the "
DOC_004: " UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER "
DOC_005: " JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL "
DOC_006: " updated: 27 Dec 2005 "
DOC_007: "Station : Tarawa-D,Betio Latitude: 01 21.8N "
DOC_008: "Country : Republic of Kiribati Longitude: 172 55.8E "
DOC_009: "JASL # : 002D Time Meridian: 180E (GMT + 12 hr) "
DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 113 Originator #: KIR 13 NODC #: 10171201 "
DOC_011: "Contributor : National Tidal Centre, Bureau of Meteorology "
DOC_012: " PO Box 421 "
DOC_013: " Kent Town SA 5071 South Australia "
DOC_014: " AUSTRALIA "
DOC_015: "Originator : same "
DOC_016: "Original Data: digital "
DOC_017: "Instrmnt Type: Aquatrak acoustic gauge "
DOC_018: "Digitzd Intvl: 6 minutes (average of 181 one minute samples) "
DOC_019: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: "
DOC_020: " Hourly : Cosine-Lanczos filter with cutoff of 120 min. "
DOC_021: " Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) "
DOC_022: " centered on noon applied to the hourly data "
DOC_023: " with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% "
DOC_024: " amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours "
DOC_025: " Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if "
DOC_026: " 7 or fewer days are missing "
DOC_027: "Span of data : 04 Dec 1992 - 31 Dec 2004 "
DOC_028: "Gaps > 1 mon : 21 Dec 1992 - 27 Mar 1993;12 May 1993 - 02 Jul 1993 "
DOC_029: " 19 Jan 1994 - 27 Apr 1994;12 Oct 2003 - 20 Dec 2003 "
DOC_030: "Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 "
DOC_031: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 "
DOC_032: "Existing : Yes Operational : Yes "
DOC_033: "Sat. Trans. : Yes Distribution : 1992-2004 "
DOC_034: "Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station "
DOC_035: " datum which is linked to fixed bench marks. "
DOC_036: " The height datum is Tide Gauge Zero (University "
DOC_037: " of Hawaii) derived from UT8 (since destroed) in "
DOC_038: " the 1992 survey. "
DOC_039: " "
DOC_040: " The series 002A, 002B, 002C, and 002D are "
DOC_041: " separate because the location is different. "
DOC_042: " "
DOC_043: "Comment : At some time in the future, a single series "
DOC_044: " from 002C and 002D will be created. At present, "
DOC_045: " use of data for the years of overlap are at the "
DOC_046: " discretion of the data users. "
DOC_047: " "
DOC_048: " High resolution coordinates are: "
DOC_049: " Lat: 01 deg 21 min 45 sec N "
DOC_050: " Lon: 172 deg 55 min 48 sec E "
DOC_051: " "
DOC_052: " The daily and monthly means reveal no apparent "
DOC_053: " changes in the reference level and agree well "
DOC_054: " with Nauru and Kanton. "
DOC_055: " "
DOC_056: " SPECIAL NOTE TO USERS OF NAT. TIDAL CENTRE DATA: "
DOC_057: " As a user of this information, you are deemed "
DOC_058: " to have read and accepted the conditions described "
DOC_059: " in the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer at: "
DOC_060: " http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml "
DOC_061: " "
DOC_062: " "
DOC_063: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE "
DOC_064: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS "
DOC_065: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- "
DOC_066: "1992 7 356-366 none none "
DOC_067: "1993 57 1-86,90-91,132-183 none none "
DOC_068: "1994 73 19-117,160-161, none none "
DOC_069: " 364-365 "
DOC_070: "1995 98 1,75-79,355-356 none none "
DOC_071: "1996 99 345-347 none none "
DOC_072: "1997 100 none none none "
DOC_073: "1998 99 272-273 none none "
DOC_074: "1999 99 170-173,331-333 none none "
DOC_075: "2000 100 none none none "
DOC_076: "2001 100 none none none "
DOC_077: "2002 100 none none none "
DOC_078: "2003 78 34-48,54-59,67-70, none none "
DOC_079: " 154-155,285-344 "
DOC_080: "2004 96 189-202 none none "
CREATION_DATE: "13:10 21-JUN-2006"

Variables:

time_d: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..4898]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "day since 1985-1-1 0:0:0"
type: "EVEN"
depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [depth = 0..0]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "m"
type: "EVEN"
epic_code: 3
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "degree_north"
type: "EVEN"
epic_code: 500
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "degree_east"
type: "EVEN"
epic_code: 502
sea_level_d_207: Grid
name: "sea_level_d"
long_name: "SEA LEVEL (daily) "
generic_name: "SLd"
FORTRAN_format: "f7.3"
units: "m"
epic_code: 207
sea_level_d_207: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..4898][depth = 0..0][latitude = 0..0][longitude = 0..0]
name: "sea_level_d"
long_name: "SEA LEVEL (daily) "
generic_name: "SLd"
FORTRAN_format: "f7.3"
units: "m"
epic_code: 207
time_d: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..4898]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "day since 1985-1-1 0:0:0"
type: "EVEN"
depth: Array of 32 bit Reals [depth = 0..0]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "m"
type: "EVEN"
epic_code: 3
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "degree_north"
type: "EVEN"
epic_code: 500
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
FORTRAN_format: " "
units: "degree_east"
type: "EVEN"
epic_code: 502