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INST_TYPE: "FLOAT GAUGE" DATA_TYPE: "TIME" DATA_SUBTYPE: "H" DATA_ORIGIN: "UHSLC" COORD_SYSTEM: "GEOGRAPHICAL" Conventions: "PMEL-EPIC/TIME" EXPERIMENT: "WOCE" PROJECT: "FAST" MOORING: "225" DELTA_T: "MONTHLY" 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_MONTHLY: 2004011512 WOCEendTIME_MONTHLY: 2006071512 MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_MONTHLY: 1.669 MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_MONTHLY: 1.905 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 : Sao Tome Latitude: 00 01.0N " DOC_008: "Country : Sao Tome/Principe Longitude: 006 30.8E " DOC_009: "JASL # : 225A Time Meridian: 000W (GMT) " DOC_010: "GLOSS # : 260 TOGA #: A034 NODC #: 10000601 " DOC_011: "Contributor : ORSTOM " DOC_012: " LOP Museum " DOC_013: " 43-45 rue Cuvier " DOC_014: " 75231 Paris Cedex 05 " DOC_015: " FRANCE " DOC_016: "Originator : same " DOC_017: "Original Data: digital " DOC_018: "Instrmnt Type: Aanderaa WLR5 (bottom-mounted pressure gauge) " DOC_019: "Digitzd Intvl: one hour " DOC_020: "Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: " DOC_021: " Hourly : direct digitization, no filter " 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 : 04 Dec 1985 - 30 Nov 1988 " DOC_029: "Gaps > 1 mon : 15 Sep 1986 - 18 Jan 1988 " DOC_030: "Time Refernce: GMT (00-23 hours) Space-filler Flag :-9999 " DOC_031: "Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 " DOC_032: "Existing : No Operational : No " DOC_033: "Sat. Trans. : No Distribution : 1985-1988 " DOC_034: "Refernce Levl: Due to the nature of the bottom-mounted pressure " DOC_035: " gauges, no link could be established between the " DOC_036: " zero of the gauge values and fixed points on land. " DOC_037: " Also, tide staff observations or the like were " DOC_038: " unavailable. This series has no long-term " DOC_039: " reference level. " DOC_040: "Comment : Although this data set is within the sea level " DOC_041: " archive, the user must acknowledge that these " DOC_042: " data represent inferred sea level from a sub- " DOC_043: " surface pressure gauge, which measures the " DOC_044: " combined weight of the column of water and air " DOC_045: " above it. A constant atmospheric pressure has been " DOC_046: " subtracted, but variations in atmospheric pressure, " DOC_047: " which would not be sensed by a conventional float/ " DOC_048: " well gauge, would affect the measurement of the " DOC_049: " sub-surface pressure gauge. " DOC_050: " " DOC_051: " The depth of the instrument in the water is " DOC_052: " unconfirmed. Techniques of data processing " DOC_053: " by the originator are discussed in the second " DOC_054: " reference below. " DOC_055: " " DOC_056: " The data contain a large gap. The steady drop in " DOC_057: " 1988 is suspicious although there is no easy way " DOC_058: " to confirm it true or false. " DOC_059: " " DOC_060: " Due to the tendency for pressure gauge sensors " DOC_061: " to drift, it is beneficial for investigators " DOC_062: " to know the time span of each instrument " DOC_063: " deployment (time/date as yyyy/mm/dd/hh(GMT)): " DOC_064: " start stop " DOC_065: " 1985/12/01/11 - 1986/09/15/09 " DOC_066: " 1988/01/18/14 - 1988/11/30/10 " DOC_067: " " DOC_068: " For more information: " DOC_069: " " DOC_070: " Verstraete, J.M., 1988. Sea level variations in " DOC_071: " the tropical Atlantic. Time series of ocean " DOC_072: " measurements, Technical series, UNESCO,4,33-47. " DOC_073: " " DOC_074: " Verstraete, J.M., 1992. Accuracy of shallow " DOC_075: " pressure gauges. Joint IAPSO-IOC Workshop on " DOC_076: " Sea Level Measurements and Quality Control, " DOC_077: " Paris, 12-13 October, 1992. IOC Workshop " DOC_078: " Report No. 81, UNESCO. pp. 70-76. " DOC_079: " " DOC_080: " CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE " DOC_081: "YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS " DOC_082: "---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- " DOC_083: "1985 8 none none none " DOC_084: "1986 71 258-365 none none " DOC_085: "1987 0 1-365 none none " DOC_086: "1988 95 1-18 none none " CREATION_DATE: "12:59 12-SEP-2006"
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time
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..30]
time:
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_m_208
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time:
depth:
latitude:
longitude:
name: "sea_level_m" long_name: "SEA LEVEL (monthly) " generic_name: "SLm" FORTRAN_format: "f7.3" units: "m" epic_code: 208
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