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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: "266" 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: 2002080112 WOCEendTIME_DAILY: 2006043012 MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 0.55 MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_DAILY: 0.833 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: " " DOC_007: "Station : Cristobal Latitude: 09 21.3N " DOC_008: "Country : Panama Longitude: 079 54.9W " DOC_009: "JASL # : 266A Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr) " DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 208 TOGA #: A009 NODC #: 70079901 " DOC_011: "Contributor : Panama Canal Commission " DOC_012: " Engineering Division " DOC_013: " Unit 2300 " DOC_014: " APO AA 34011 " DOC_015: "Originator : same " DOC_016: "Original Data: analog and digital " DOC_017: "Instrmnt Type: 1) Cristobal, 09 21.0N, 079 54.0W " DOC_018: " 03 Apr 1907 - 01 Dec 1978 " DOC_019: " float and well gauges as follows: " DOC_020: " 1907-1969: type not confirmed (analog) " DOC_021: " 1970-1973: Stevens Type F Analog " DOC_022: " 1973-1978: Stevens A71 Analog " DOC_023: " 2) Coco Solo, 09 22.0N, 079 53.0W " DOC_024: " 01 Jan 1981 - 30 June 1996 " DOC_025: " 1981-1987:Stevens Digital Model 7001 " DOC_026: " 1988-1996: Handar Digital 550B Hydrologger " DOC_027: " 1988-1996: Stevens A71 Analog " DOC_028: " 3) Limon Bay, 09 21.3N 079 54.9W " DOC_029: " 01 Jan 1997 - present " DOC_030: " Gas bubbler " DOC_031: "Digitzd Intvl: hourly (analog); 15 minutes (digital) " DOC_032: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: " DOC_033: " Hourly : spot hourly (analog); three-point Hanning filter " DOC_034: " centered on the hour (digital) " DOC_035: " Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) " DOC_036: " centered on noon applied to the hourly data " DOC_037: " with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% " DOC_038: " amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours " DOC_039: " Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if " DOC_040: " 7 or fewer days are missing " DOC_041: "Span of data : 03 Apr 1907 - 31 Dec 1997 " DOC_042: "Gaps > 1 mon : 01 Jan 1942 - 01 Jul 1942;01 Jan - 08 Feb 1974 " DOC_043: " 01 Dec 1978 - 01 Jan 1981;30 Oct 1982 - 01 Dec 1982 " DOC_044: " 01 Mar 1996 - 01 May 1996;30 Jun 1996 - 01 Jan 1997 " DOC_045: "Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 " DOC_046: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 " DOC_047: "Existing : No Operational : No " DOC_048: "Sat. Trans. : No Distribution : 1907-1997 " DOC_049: "Refernce Levl: The historic data for all three segments of this " DOC_050: " series (Historic Cristobal, Coco Solo, and Limon " DOC_051: " Bay) have been linked to a common network of " DOC_052: " benchmarks and the data have been calibrated " DOC_053: " with the use of tide staff (tide tape) readings. " DOC_054: " The tide staff zero is set to -2.00' Primary Level " DOC_055: " Datum. Based on information provided by the " DOC_056: " originators, the following adjustments were made: " DOC_057: " added to " DOC_058: " dates original (mm) " DOC_059: " 03/04/1907 - 31/12/1931 555 " DOC_060: " 01/01/1932 - 31/12/1941 568 " DOC_061: " " DOC_062: " In comparison with data held by the Permanent " DOC_063: " Service for Mean Sea Level, shifts were noted " DOC_064: " and then identified in the hourly residuals. " DOC_065: " These jumps were adjusted as follows: " DOC_066: " added to " DOC_067: " dates original (mm) " DOC_068: " 11/10/1911 - 04/08/1913 -22 " DOC_069: " 04/08/1913 - 01/06/1914 -67 " DOC_070: " " DOC_071: " The original data were adjusted by adding 115 mm " DOC_072: " for 08 Feb - 01 Apr 1974. The originators have " DOC_073: " investigated this period and could not find any " DOC_074: " clues to this shift. Thus this adjustment was " DOC_075: " applied based on the hourly residuals and daily " DOC_076: " values. Comparisons with Cartagena, Colombia and " DOC_077: " examination of the hourly residuals led to the " DOC_078: " following adjustments of the Coco Solo series: " DOC_079: " period value added " DOC_080: " ( (hour)day/month/year ) to original(mm) " DOC_081: " ----------------------------- --------------- " DOC_082: " (00)01/01/1981-(05)01/07/1982 190 " DOC_083: " (06)01/07/1982-(15)28/04/1983 290 " DOC_084: " (06)01/08/1984-(06)10/08/1984 295 " DOC_085: " " DOC_086: "Comment : As noted above in description of instruments, " DOC_087: " this series has been relocated several times. " DOC_088: " The data 03/04/1907-11/04/1908 appear to be low " DOC_089: " by about 10 cm. The cause of the sharp upward " DOC_090: " trend from 1971-1973 and higher levels of 1973- " DOC_091: " 1981 is unknown. Otherwise the daily and monthly " DOC_092: " values do not reveal any obvious level shifts. " DOC_093: " " DOC_094: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE " DOC_095: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS " DOC_096: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- " DOC_097: "1907 71 101-106,262-268, (18)096-(05)097 324-326 " DOC_098: " 364-365 (06)098-(05)099 " DOC_099: " (06)112-(05)113 " DOC_100: " (07)163-(15)163 " DOC_101: " (01)284-(15)284 " DOC_102: " (02)300-(17)300 " DOC_103: " (19)320-(17)321 " DOC_104: " (18)354-(17)355 " DOC_105: "1908 92 1-2,11-19,102-122 (18)057-(17)058 none " DOC_106: " (17)290-(16)291 " DOC_107: "1909 100 none (16)108-(06)109 none " DOC_108: "1910 100 none none none " DOC_109: "1911 100 none none none " DOC_110: "1912 100 none none none " DOC_111: "1913 100 none none none " DOC_112: "1914 100 none none none " DOC_113: "1915 100 none none none " DOC_114: "1916 100 none (17)054-(05)055 none " DOC_115: "1917 100 none none none " DOC_116: "1918 100 none none none " DOC_117: "1919 100 none (18)353-(05)354 none " DOC_118: "1920 100 none (20)233-(07)234 none " DOC_119: " (16)239-(23)239 " DOC_120: " (04)240-(11)240 " DOC_121: "1921 100 none none none " DOC_122: "1922 100 none none none " DOC_123: "1923 100 none (06)247-(05)248 none " DOC_124: "1924 100 none none none " DOC_125: "1925 100 none none none " DOC_126: "1926 100 none none none " DOC_127: "1927 100 none (13)295-(23)295 none " DOC_128: "1928 100 none none none " DOC_129: "1929 100 none none none " DOC_130: "1930 100 none none none " DOC_131: "1931 100 none none none " DOC_132: "1932 100 none (22)194-(10)195 none " DOC_133: "1933 100 none (06)165-(13)165 none " DOC_134: "1934 100 none none none " DOC_135: "1935 100 none none none " DOC_136: "1936 100 none none none " DOC_137: "1937 100 none none none " DOC_138: "1938 100 none (12)216-(20)216 none " DOC_139: " (06)274-(05)275 " DOC_140: "1939 100 none none none " DOC_141: "1940 100 none none none " DOC_142: "1941 100 none none none " DOC_143: "1942 51 1-182 none none " DOC_144: "1943 100 none none none " DOC_145: "1944 100 none (06)366-(23)366 none " DOC_146: "1945 100 none none none " DOC_147: "1946 100 none (06)093-(05)094 none " DOC_148: "1947 100 none none none " DOC_149: "1948 100 none none none " DOC_150: "1949 100 none none none " DOC_151: "1950 100 none (18)167-(05)168 none " DOC_152: "1951 100 none none none " DOC_153: "1952 100 none none none " DOC_154: "1953 100 none (18)020-(05)021 none " DOC_155: "1954 100 none none none " DOC_156: "1955 100 none (00)063-(12)063 none " DOC_157: "1956 100 none (14)086-(22)086 none " DOC_158: " (13)157-(20)157 " DOC_159: " (01)158-(11)158 " DOC_160: " (13)176-(12)177 " DOC_161: "1957 100 none none none " DOC_162: "1958 100 none none none " DOC_163: "1959 100 none none none " DOC_164: "1960 100 none none none " DOC_165: "1961 100 none none none " DOC_166: "1962 100 none none none " DOC_167: "1963 100 none none none " DOC_168: "1964 100 none none none " DOC_169: "1965 100 none none none " DOC_170: "1966 100 none none none " DOC_171: "1967 100 none (14)257-(09)258 none " DOC_172: "1968 100 none (03)161-(11)161 none " DOC_173: "1969 100 none none none " DOC_174: "1970 100 none none none " DOC_175: "1971 100 none (18)172-(01)173 none " DOC_176: "1972 100 none none none " DOC_177: "1973 100 none none 253-259 " DOC_178: "1974 89 1-39 none none " DOC_179: "1975 100 none none none " DOC_180: "1976 100 none none none " DOC_181: "1977 100 none none none " DOC_182: "1978 87 109-125 (19)185-(13)186 252-256 " DOC_183: "1979 0 1-365 none none " DOC_184: "1980 0 1-366 none none " DOC_185: "1981 99 128-131 none none " DOC_186: "1982 91 302-335 none none " DOC_187: "1983 100 none none none " DOC_188: "1984 100 none (22)249-(05)250 none " DOC_189: "1985 100 none none none " DOC_190: "1986 100 none none none " DOC_191: "1987 100 none none none " DOC_192: "1988 100 none (06)069-(13)069 none " DOC_193: "1989 99 10-12 none none " DOC_194: "1990 100 none none none " DOC_195: "1991 100 none none none " DOC_196: "1992 100 none none none " DOC_197: "1993 100 none none none " DOC_198: "1994 100 none none none " DOC_199: "1995 100 none none none " DOC_200: "1996 33 61-122 (17)156-(01)157 none " DOC_201: " (17)169-(03)170 " DOC_202: " (14)176-(20)176 " DOC_203: "1997 95 1,29-34,91-94,99- none none " DOC_204: " 104,299-302 " CREATION_DATE: "13:14 21-JUN-2006"
Variables:
time_d
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_d = 0..1368]
time_d:
FORTRAN_format: " " units: "day since 1985-1-1 0:0:0" type: "EVEN"
depth
: Array of 32 bit Reals [depth = 0..0]
depth:
FORTRAN_format: " " units: "m" type: "EVEN" epic_code: 3
latitude
: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
latitude:
FORTRAN_format: " " units: "degree_north" type: "EVEN" epic_code: 500
longitude
: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
longitude:
FORTRAN_format: " " units: "degree_east" type: "EVEN" epic_code: 502
sea_level_d_207
: Grid
time_d:
depth:
latitude:
longitude:
name: "sea_level_d" long_name: "SEA LEVEL (daily) " generic_name: "SLd" FORTRAN_format: "f7.3" units: "m" epic_code: 207
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