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INST_TYPE: "FLOAT GAUGE" DATA_TYPE: "TIME" DATA_SUBTYPE: "H" DATA_ORIGIN: "UHSLC" COORD_SYSTEM: "GEOGRAPHICAL" Conventions: "EPIC-CDF/TIME" EXPERIMENT: "WOCE" PROJECT: "FAST" MOORING: "166" DELTA_T: "HOURLY" 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_HOURLY: 1986010100 WOCEendTIME_HOURLY: 2006053123 MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: -0.86 MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: 9.743 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: 12 Jan 2005 " DOC_007: "Station : Broome Latitude: 18 00.0S " DOC_008: "Country : Australia Longitude: 122 13.0E " DOC_009: "JASL # : 166A Time Meridian: 120E (GMT + 8 hr) " DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 040 TOGA #: I045 NODC #: 31128201 " 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: (1982-11/1991) Leupold & Stevens float/well gauge " DOC_018: " (11/1991-) Aquatrak acoustic gauge (SEAFRAME) " DOC_019: "Digitzd Intvl: unconfirmed (prior 1993); 6 minute " DOC_020: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: " DOC_021: " Hourly : filtering " DOC_022: " Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) " DOC_023: " centered on noon applied to the hourly data " DOC_024: " with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% " DOC_025: " amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours " DOC_026: " Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if " DOC_027: " 7 or fewer days are missing " DOC_028: "Span of data : 12 Jul 1986 - 31 Oct 2004 " DOC_029: "Gaps > 1 mon : 30 Sep 1987 - 31 Dec 1988;31 Dec 1989 - 26 Aug 1991 " 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. : No Distribution : 1986-2004 " DOC_034: "Refernce Levl: The sea level heights are referred to the zero " DOC_035: " point assigned to the tide staff. Bench mark " DOC_036: " information is available upon request from the " DOC_037: " contributors. The tide gauge benchmark is " DOC_038: " an A.P.W.D bronze plaque stamped 'TIDAL BM' set " DOC_039: " in the concrete deck of the jetty above the " DOC_040: " northern end of the boat landing. " DOC_041: "Comment : The residuals (observed data minus predicted tides) " DOC_042: " are very noisy, probably due to shallow water and " DOC_043: " complex coastal geometry effects that are not " DOC_044: " resolved by the harmonic analysis. The hourly " DOC_045: " data may also contain periods with timing errors " DOC_046: " which are not offset by increments of one hour; " DOC_047: " however, these periods are not identifiable due to " DOC_048: " the large fluctuations in the residuals from the " DOC_049: " unresolved harmonic analysis. Otherwise, " DOC_050: " the daily and monthly values are reasonable and " DOC_051: " do not reveal any obvious reference level shifts. " DOC_052: " Pressure sensor data used for 30/12/95 and on " DOC_053: " 24/03/96. " DOC_054: " " DOC_055: " SPECIAL NOTE TO USERS OF NAT. TIDAL CENTRE DATA: " DOC_056: " As a user of this information, you are deemed " DOC_057: " to have read and accepted the conditions described " DOC_058: " in the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer at: " DOC_059: " http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml " DOC_060: " " DOC_061: " " DOC_062: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE " DOC_063: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS " DOC_064: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- " DOC_065: "1986 47 none none see comment above " DOC_066: "1987 75 none none see comment above " DOC_067: "1988 0 1-366 none see comment above " DOC_068: "1989 99 365 none see comment above " DOC_069: "1990 0 1-365 none see comment above " DOC_070: "1991 35 1-238 none see comment above " DOC_071: "1992 94 104-126 none see comment above " DOC_072: "1993 100 none none see comment above " DOC_073: "1994 100 none none see comment above " DOC_074: "1995 100 none none see comment above " DOC_075: "1996 100 none none see comment above " DOC_076: "1997 100 none none see comment above " DOC_077: "1998 100 none none see comment above " DOC_078: "1999 97 39-41,46-57 none see comment above " DOC_079: "2000 100 none none see comment above " DOC_080: "2001 100 none none see comment above " DOC_081: "2002 100 none none see comment above " DOC_082: "2003 100 none none see comment above " DOC_083: "2004 83 none none see comment above " CREATION_DATE: "08:58 7-JUL-2006"
Variables:
time_h
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_h = 0..178943]
time_h:
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_h_206
: Grid
time_h:
depth:
latitude:
longitude:
name: "sea_level_h" long_name: "SEA LEVEL (hourly) " generic_name: "SLh" FORTRAN_format: "f7.3" units: "m" epic_code: 206
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