Dataset: d019


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: "019"
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: 2005103112
MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 0.704
MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 1.305
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: 02 Apr 2004 "
DOC_007: "Station : Noumea,New Caledonia Latitude: 22 17.5S "
DOC_008: "Country : France Longitude: 166 26.2E "
DOC_009: "JASL # : 019A Time Meridian: 165E (GMT + 11 hr) "
DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 123 TOGA #: P031 NODC #: 32162601 "
DOC_011: "Contributor : UH Sea Level Center "
DOC_012: " 1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317 "
DOC_013: " Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 "
DOC_014: "Originator : 1) ORSTOM (FRANCE) 1967-11/1975 "
DOC_015: " 2) Dept. of Oceanography 11/1975- "
DOC_016: " University of Hawaii "
DOC_017: " 1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317 "
DOC_018: " Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 "
DOC_019: "Original Data: analog (OTT), digital (ADR) "
DOC_020: "Instrmnt Type: 1. (Nov 1975 - Jan 1987 )Fischer and Porter "
DOC_021: " Analog-to-Digital Recorder (ADR) "
DOC_022: " 2. (primary,Jan 1987-present) Leupold and Stevens "
DOC_023: " Analog-to-Digital Recorder (ADR); "
DOC_024: " 3. (backup,Jan 1987-present) Handar Encoder (ENC) "
DOC_025: " *used as primary gauge for 1990-1992,2001- "
DOC_026: " 4. OTT standard analog (OTT) 1967-11/1975 "
DOC_027: " 5. (backup,8/1996 - present) Bristol Bubbler (BUB) "
DOC_028: " *used as primary gauge Jul 1998-2000 "
DOC_029: "Digitzd Intvl: 15 (ADR,BUB); 3 or 4 (ENC); 60 (OTT) minutes "
DOC_030: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: "
DOC_031: " Hourly : (pre-1987) Nine-point triangular filter centered "
DOC_032: " on the hour with respective periods of the 95, 50, "
DOC_033: " and 5% amplitude point of the filter response at "
DOC_034: " 623.6, 177.0, and 103.7 minutes;(1987+) three-point "
DOC_035: " Hanning filter centered on the hour "
DOC_036: " Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) "
DOC_037: " centered on noon applied to the hourly data "
DOC_038: " with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% "
DOC_039: " amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours "
DOC_040: " Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if "
DOC_041: " 7 or fewer days are missing "
DOC_042: "Span of data : 24 Feb 1967 - 31 Aug 2003 "
DOC_043: "Gaps > 1 mon : 29 Jun 1995 - 11 Aug 1995 "
DOC_044: "Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 "
DOC_045: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 "
DOC_046: "Existing : Yes Operational : Yes "
DOC_047: "Sat. Trans. : Yes Distribution : 1967-2003 "
DOC_048: "Refernce Levl: The entire series is relative to the French "
DOC_049: " .zero de reductions des sondes 1961.. The "
DOC_050: " 1975-4/1981 UH data which were originally linked "
DOC_051: " to the UH staff have now been adjusted to be "
DOC_052: " relative to the French Zero 1961. "
DOC_053: "Comment : The daily and monthly means agree well with an "
DOC_054: " adjacent station, Suva, Fiji and reveal no apparent "
DOC_055: " changes in the reference level. Timing accuracy "
DOC_056: " was no better than plus or minus 7 minutes prior "
DOC_057: " to the installation of the Handar Encoder. Data "
DOC_058: " from OTT analog gauge used to fill the following "
DOC_059: " gaps: (09) 18 Aug - (21) 06 Sep 1989 and (21) 02 - "
DOC_060: " (05) 10 Oct 1989 (GMT in () ). "
DOC_061: " "
DOC_062: " Bubbler used as primary souce from July 1998 - "
DOC_063: " Dec 1999. Due to very slight drift, monthly "
DOC_064: " calibration constants were applied as opposed "
DOC_065: " to the normal method, that is, selecting a "
DOC_066: " single calibration constant for extended periods "
DOC_067: " without instrumentation interruption. "
DOC_068: " "
DOC_069: " A cyclone caused the sharp peak on March 14, 2003. "
DOC_070: " "
DOC_071: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE "
DOC_072: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS "
DOC_073: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- "
DOC_074: "1967 85 none none none "
DOC_075: "1968 100 none none none "
DOC_076: "1969 100 none none none "
DOC_077: "1970 100 none none none "
DOC_078: "1971 98 356-365 none none "
DOC_079: "1972 100 none (22)274-(09)275 none "
DOC_080: "1973 96 123-128,191-196, none none "
DOC_081: " 229-233 "
DOC_082: "1974 95 9-13,127-129,225-231 (05)038-(15)038 none "
DOC_083: " 281-283,326-328 (05)039-(15)039 "
DOC_084: " (06)040-(16)040 "
DOC_085: " (07)041-(17)041 "
DOC_086: " (13)122-(12)123 "
DOC_087: " (16)207-(10)208 "
DOC_088: " (01)219-(20)219 "
DOC_089: "1975 99 67-69,178-180 (06)174-(05)175 none "
DOC_090: "1976 100 none none 56-64,72-82 "
DOC_091: "1977 100 none none 36-37 "
DOC_092: "1978 97 126-129,355-359 none none "
DOC_093: "1979 99 334-336 none 129-134,142-148 "
DOC_094: "1980 92 113-128,246-259 none none "
DOC_095: "1981 99 66-67 (01)207-(14)207 none "
DOC_096: "1982 100 none none 115-116 "
DOC_097: "1983 100 none none none "
DOC_098: "1984 100 none none none "
DOC_099: "1985 99 203-206 none 157 "
DOC_100: "1986 100 none none none "
DOC_101: "1987 100 none none none "
DOC_102: "1988 100 none none none "
DOC_103: "1989 100 none none none "
DOC_104: "1990 100 none none none "
DOC_105: "1991 100 none none none "
DOC_106: "1992 100 none none none "
DOC_107: "1993 100 none none none "
DOC_108: "1994 100 none none none "
DOC_109: "1995 99 362-365 none none "
DOC_110: "1996 99 1,346-348 (04)176-(03)177 none "
DOC_111: "1997 99 1-3 none none "
DOC_112: "1998 100 none none none "
DOC_113: "1999 95 23-40 (23)240-(10)241 none "
DOC_114: "2000 100 none none none "
DOC_115: "2001 100 none none none "
DOC_116: "2002 100 none none none "
DOC_117: "2003 67 none none none "
CREATION_DATE: "13:11 21-JUN-2006"

Variables:

time_d: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..7608]
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..7608][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..7608]
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