Dataset: d003


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: "003"
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: 1985010112
WOCEendTIME_DAILY: 2006043012
MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 1.661
MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 2.302
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: 05 Dec 2005 "
DOC_007: "Station : Baltra-B,Galapagos Is. Latitude: 00 26.2S "
DOC_008: "Country : Ecuador Longitude: 090 17.1W "
DOC_009: "JASL # : 003B Time Meridian: 090W (GMT - 6 hr) "
DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 169 TOGA #: P082 NODC #: 50090001 "
DOC_011: "Contributor : UH Sea Level Center "
DOC_012: " 1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317 "
DOC_013: " Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 "
DOC_014: "Originator : Dept. of Oceanography "
DOC_015: " University of Hawaii "
DOC_016: " 1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317 "
DOC_017: " Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 "
DOC_018: "Original Data: digital "
DOC_019: "Instrmnt Type: 1. Leupold and Stevens Analog-to-Digital "
DOC_020: " Recorder (ADR); "
DOC_021: " 2. Handar Encoder 436A (ENC) "
DOC_022: " 3. 10/1997-, Handar Encoder 436A (ENB) "
DOC_023: " Primary gauge: ADR: 1985-90, ENC: 1991- "
DOC_024: "Digitzd Intvl: 15 (ADR,ENB); 3 or 4 (ENC) minutes "
DOC_025: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: "
DOC_026: " Hourly : (pre-1987) Nine-point triangular filter centered "
DOC_027: " on the hour with respective periods of the 95, 50, "
DOC_028: " and 5% amplitude point of the filter response at "
DOC_029: " 623.6, 177.0, and 103.7 minutes;(1987+) three-point "
DOC_030: " Hanning filter centered on the hour "
DOC_031: " Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) "
DOC_032: " centered on noon applied to the hourly data "
DOC_033: " with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% "
DOC_034: " amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours "
DOC_035: " Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if "
DOC_036: " 7 or fewer days are missing "
DOC_037: "Span of data : 25 Mar 1985 - 31 Dec 2004 "
DOC_038: "Gaps > 1 mon : 05 Jan 1988 - 04 Feb 1988;30 Jan 1995 - 08 Mar 1995 "
DOC_039: " 11 Feb 2002 - 18 Jul 2004 "
DOC_040: "Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 "
DOC_041: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 "
DOC_042: "Existing : Yes Operational : Yes "
DOC_043: "Sat. Trans. : Yes Distribution : 1985-2005 "
DOC_044: "Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station tide "
DOC_045: " staff zero which is linked to fixed bench marks "
DOC_046: "Comment : The daily and monthly means do not reveal any "
DOC_047: " reference level changes or trends and agree well "
DOC_048: " with Santa Cruz. This station is distinguished "
DOC_049: " from station Baltra-A because the tide staffs "
DOC_050: " have not been levelled to common bench marks. The "
DOC_051: " hourly data contain significant timing errors in "
DOC_052: " 1988-1990 as noted below. Encoder data, as "
DOC_053: " noted by * below, were used to fill some gaps. "
DOC_054: " The primary calibration device (a reference level "
DOC_055: " switch) had many questionable readings during "
DOC_056: " 1995-1997; however, the level appears steady "
DOC_057: " as seen in differences with Santa Cruz and La "
DOC_058: " Libertad. Data not recoverable for 02/2002 - "
DOC_059: " 07/2004. "
DOC_060: " "
DOC_061: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE "
DOC_062: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS "
DOC_063: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- "
DOC_064: "1985 77 none none none "
DOC_065: "1986 90 280-308,330-338 none none "
DOC_066: "1987 100 none none none "
DOC_067: "1988 92 5-35,107-108 (14)061-(23)061 121-140,152-153 "
DOC_068: " (18)152-(23)152 "
DOC_069: " *(00)035-(20)048 "
DOC_070: " *(17)091-(11)107 "
DOC_071: "1989 100 none (12)334-(23)334 152-161,168- "
DOC_072: " *(18)001-(13)152 169,184-185,204,232- "
DOC_073: " 234,258-264,271-280, "
DOC_074: " 284-292,318-319,336- "
DOC_075: " 362 "
DOC_076: "1990 100 none (02)151-(21)151 30-32,56-60,84-092, "
DOC_077: " (12)213-(23)213 098-105,113-150, "
DOC_078: " 159-161 "
DOC_079: "1991 100 none (10)202-(23)202 none "
DOC_080: " *(00)274-(23)315 "
DOC_081: "1992 99 317-322 (21)014-(20)015 none "
DOC_082: "1993 96 197-211 none none "
DOC_083: "1994 100 none (23)196-(11)197 none "
DOC_084: "1995 90 30-67 (21)082-(20)083 none "
DOC_085: " (20)149-(13)150 "
DOC_086: "1996 97 212-223 none none "
DOC_087: "1997 99 298-301 none none "
DOC_088: "1998 99 293-298 (02)040-(16)040 none "
DOC_089: "1999 100 none none none "
DOC_090: "2000 100 none none none "
DOC_091: "2001 98 1-5,25-27 none none "
DOC_092: "2002 12 42-365 none none "
DOC_093: "2003 0 1-365 none none "
DOC_094: "2004 45 1-200 none none "
CREATION_DATE: "13:10 21-JUN-2006"

Variables:

time_d: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..7789]
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..7789][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..7789]
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