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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: "188" 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: 2003010100 WOCEendTIME_HOURLY: 2006063023 MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: -0.131 MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: 2.65 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: 07 Dec 1998 " DOC_007: "Station : Richard's Bay Latitude: 28 48.0S " DOC_008: "Country : South Africa Longitude: 032 05.0E " DOC_009: "JASL # : 188A Time Meridian: 030E (GMT + 2 hr) " DOC_010: "GLOSS # : none TOGA #: none NODC #: 32038201 " DOC_011: "Contributor : Directorate of Hydrography " DOC_012: " Maritime Headquarters " DOC_013: " Private Bag Retreat " DOC_014: " 7965 South Africa " DOC_015: "Originator : same " DOC_016: "Original Data: analog (LEA,KENT); digital (SRD) " DOC_017: " " DOC_018: "Instrmnt Type: 1) LEA float-type 1985 - 1987 " DOC_019: " 2) KENT float-type 1977 - 1984, 1989 - 1997. " DOC_020: " 3) SRD acoustic tide gauge 1997 " DOC_021: "Digitzd Intvl: hourly (LEA,KENT); unconfirmed (SRD) " DOC_022: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: " DOC_023: " Hourly : manually filtered raw data (LEA,KENT); " DOC_024: " unconfirmed (SRD) " DOC_025: " Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) " DOC_026: " centered on noon applied to the hourly data " DOC_027: " with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% " DOC_028: " amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours " DOC_029: " Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if " DOC_030: " 7 or fewer days are missing " DOC_031: "Span of data : 01 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 1996 " DOC_032: "Gaps > 1 mon : 15 Jun 1992 - 26 Nov 1992;07 Dec 1992 - 07 Jan 1993 " DOC_033: " 11 Jan 1993 - 28 Jun 1993;27 Jul 1993 - 21 Sep 1993 " DOC_034: " 15 Oct 1993 - 13 Jan 1994;29 Sep 1994 - 22 Feb 1995 " DOC_035: " 09 May 1995 - 07 Aug 1995;27 Nov 1995 - 18 Jan 1996 " DOC_036: "Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 " DOC_037: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 " DOC_038: "Existing : Yes Operational : Yes " DOC_039: "Sat. Trans. : No Distribution : 1991-1996 " DOC_040: "Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station " DOC_041: " Chart Datum which is linked to fixed benchmarks. " DOC_042: " The Chart Datum is -0.900 meters relative to the " DOC_043: " Land Levelling Datum in all ports of the Republic " DOC_044: " of South Africa and it approximates the Lowest " DOC_045: " Astronomical Tide. Benchmarks: " DOC_046: " * SCH3: 3.429 above MSL " DOC_047: " * SAN 84.2: 3.422 m above MSL " DOC_048: " * .New GPS.: 3.459 above MSL " DOC_049: "Comment : The numerous data gaps hinders the quality of the " DOC_050: " data and of the quality of the harmonic constants " DOC_051: " from which tidal predictions and hence residuals " DOC_052: " are derived. The residuals contain significant " DOC_053: " fluctuations yet it is usually unclear if the " DOC_054: " signal is due to bad data or due to poor tidal " DOC_055: " predictions. Only extreme fluctuations noted. " DOC_056: " " DOC_057: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE " DOC_058: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS " DOC_059: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- " DOC_060: "1991 83 15-18,32-38,44-50, (08)076-(21)076 4-5,209-210 " DOC_061: " 67-74,87-102,134- (22)083-(11)084 " DOC_062: " 140,154-164,189-197 (07)087-(16)087 " DOC_063: "1992 34 3-8,16-23,30-43,53- (07)015-(22)015 23 " DOC_064: " 60,79-84,142-153, (22)065-(13)066 " DOC_065: " 167-331,334-338, " DOC_066: " 342-366 " DOC_067: "1993 11 1-7,11-179,186-194, (08)011-(21)011 7-11 " DOC_068: " 200-203,208-264,277- (13)273-(21)273 " DOC_069: " 284,288-365 " DOC_070: "1994 40 1-13,31-38,46-49,87- (22)160-(09)161 73-74 " DOC_071: " 97,105-115,124-136, (10)175-(17)175 " DOC_072: " 147-153,186-196,200- " DOC_073: " 209,215-229,241-365 " DOC_074: "1995 35 1-53,59-73,90-94,96- (08)059-(20)059 103-117 " DOC_075: " 103,115-122,129-219, " DOC_076: " 222-240,275-284,312- " DOC_077: " 314,331-365 " DOC_078: "1996 77 1-18,22-36,52-72, none 71-80,90,285-291 " DOC_079: " 156-165,316-341,366 " CREATION_DATE: "08:59 7-JUL-2006"
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time_h
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time_h = 0..30647]
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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