Dataset: d018


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: "018"
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: 1998010112
WOCEendTIME_DAILY: 2006043012
MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 0.921
MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 1.41
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 : Suva-B Latitude: 18 08.0S "
DOC_008: "Country : Fiji Longitude: 178 25.7E "
DOC_009: "JASL # : 018B Time Meridian: 180E (GMT + 12 hr) "
DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 122 Originator #: NODC #: 31178801 "
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 (SEAFRAME) "
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 : 27 Jan 1998 - 31 Dec 2004 "
DOC_028: "Gaps > 1 mon : none "
DOC_029: "Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 "
DOC_030: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 "
DOC_031: "Existing : Yes Operational : Yes "
DOC_032: "Sat. Trans. : Yes Distribution : 1998-2004 "
DOC_033: "Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station "
DOC_034: " datum which is linked to fixed bench marks. "
DOC_035: " The height datum is Mean Sea Level derived from "
DOC_036: " the Longitudinal Pillar in the 1997 survery. "
DOC_037: " Series 018A is separate from 018B because "
DOC_038: " they are at different locations. "
DOC_039: "Comment : High resolution coordinates: "
DOC_040: " Lat: 18 deg 07 min 57 sec S "
DOC_041: " Lon: 178 deg 25 min 39 sec E "
DOC_042: " "
DOC_043: " The daily and monthly means do not reveal any "
DOC_044: " suspicious reference level changes. "
DOC_045: " "
DOC_046: " SPECIAL NOTE TO USERS OF NAT. TIDAL CENTRE DATA: "
DOC_047: " As a user of this information, you are deemed "
DOC_048: " to have read and accepted the conditions described "
DOC_049: " in the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer at: "
DOC_050: " http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml "
DOC_051: " "
DOC_052: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE "
DOC_053: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS "
DOC_054: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- "
DOC_055: "1998 91 32-38,272-273 none none "
DOC_056: "1999 97 264-276 none none "
DOC_057: "2000 100 none (03)318-(23)319 none "
DOC_058: "2001 100 none none none "
DOC_059: "2002 100 none none none "
DOC_060: "2003 100 none none none "
DOC_061: "2004 100 none none none "
CREATION_DATE: "13:11 21-JUN-2006"

Variables:

time_d: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..3041]
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..3041][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..3041]
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