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NC_GLOBAL.INST_TYPE: FLOAT GAUGE NC_GLOBAL.DATA_TYPE: TIME NC_GLOBAL.DATA_SUBTYPE: H NC_GLOBAL.DATA_ORIGIN: UHSLC NC_GLOBAL.COORD_SYSTEM: GEOGRAPHICAL NC_GLOBAL.Conventions: EPIC-CDF/TIME NC_GLOBAL.EXPERIMENT: WOCE NC_GLOBAL.PROJECT: FAST NC_GLOBAL.MOORING: 187 NC_GLOBAL.DELTA_T: HOURLY NC_GLOBAL.VAR_DESC: SEA LEVEL NC_GLOBAL.DESCRIPT: AVERAGE DATA NC_GLOBAL.VAR_FILL: 1.e35 NC_GLOBAL.DRIFTER: 0 NC_GLOBAL.WATER_DEPTH: 0 NC_GLOBAL.FILL_FLAG: 1 NC_GLOBAL.PROG_CMNT1: conversion from ascii NC_GLOBAL.COMPOSITE: 0 NC_GLOBAL.POS_CONST: 0 NC_GLOBAL.DEPTH_CONST: 0 NC_GLOBAL.WOCETIME: YYYYMMDDhh NC_GLOBAL.WOCEstartTIME_HOURLY: 1985010100 NC_GLOBAL.WOCEendTIME_HOURLY: 2009053123 NC_GLOBAL.MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: -0.3000000119 NC_GLOBAL.MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: 2.559999943 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_001: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_002: QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_003: by the \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_004: UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_005: JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_006: updated: 15 Sep 2008\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_007: Station : East London Latitude: 33 01.0S\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_008: Country : South Africa Longitude: 027 55.0E\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_009: JASL # : 187A Time Meridian: 030E (GMT + 2 hr) \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_010: GLOSS # : none Originator #: none NODC #: 33023701\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_011: Contributor : South Africa Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_012: Private Bag X1\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_013: Tokai 7966 South Africa\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_014: Originator : same \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_015: Original Data: analog (LEA,KENT); digital (SRD,radar)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_016: Instrmnt Type: 1) LEA float-type 1952 - 1971\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_017: 2) KENT float-type 1970 - 1996.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_018: 3) SRD acoustic tide gauge 11/1996-11/2006\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_019: 4) Ott Kalesto radar gauge (11/2006)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_020: Digitzd Intvl: hourly (LEA,KENT); 3 minute (SRD and radar)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_021: Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_022: Hourly : manually filtered raw data (LEA,KENT); \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_023: average 9 min either side of hour (SRD, radar)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_024: Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_025: centered on noon applied to the hourly data \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_026: with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_027: amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_028: Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_029: 7 or fewer days are missing \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_030: Span of data : 21 May 1965 - 31 Dec 2007\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_031: Gaps > 1 mon : 30 Sep 1965 - 19 Sep 1966;30 Sep 1969 - 01 Dec 1969\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_032: 27 Aug 1970 - 04 Mar 1971;28 Feb 1973 - 02 May 1975\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_033: 31 May 1975 - 01 Jul 1975;29 Feb 1976 - 05 Apr 1976\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_034: 02 Apr 1977 - 02 May 1977;29 Nov 1977 - 09 Apr 1979\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_035: 31 Dec 1979 - 01 Jan 1985;26 Apr 1987 - 12 Jun 1987\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_036: 08 Nov 1987 - 19 Jan 1988;14 Mar 1988 - 18 Apr 1988\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_037: 31 Dec 1988 - 31 Dec 1989;08 Dec 1992 - 05 Jul 1993\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_038: 23 Dec 1993 - 25 Feb 1994;01 Jan 1995 - 21 Aug 1995\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_039: 23 Dec 1996 - 30 Jun 1997;25 May 1998 - 23 Jul 1998\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_040: 31 Dec 1998 - 31 Dec 2000;01 Apr 2002 - 06 May 2002\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_041: 31 Dec 2002 - 30 Jul 2003;09 Nov 2003 - 31 Dec 2003\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_042: 16 May 2005 - 22 Aug 2005\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_043: Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_044: Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_045: Existing : Yes Operational : Yes \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_046: Sat. Trans. : No Distribution : 1965-2007\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_047: Refernce Levl: All tidal heights are given above Chart Datum, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_048: which is the datum to which all soundings on the \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_049: largest scale navigational chart of the area \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_050: have been reduced. Chart datum is now Lowest \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_051: Astronomical Tide (LAT) in all ports of the \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_052: Republic of South Africa and Namibia. \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_053: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_054: The relationship between LAT and Lands Leveling\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_055: Datum (LLD), referred to as Mean Sea Level (MSL)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_056: by land surveyors, is given below.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_057: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_058: HO14 = 3.503m above MSL\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_059: EB1 = 3.486m above MSL\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_060: New GPS = 3.475m above MSL\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_061: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_062: TGZ was changed on 01 Jan 2003 onward as\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_063: Mean Sea Level, which is the Land Leveling Datum. NC_GLOBAL.DOC_064: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_065: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_066: Comment : The originators re-examined the historic data\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_067: and applied a thorough calibration and correction.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_068: All years in the JASL archive were replaced in\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_069: Sep 2008 with the originator's updated series.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_070: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_071: The timing of the gauge appears to be off by a \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_072: fraction of an hour in some instances as noted \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_073: below in the questionable fluctuations. \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_074: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_075: The mean level is suspiciously low from 23 Oct \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_076: 2002 - 31 Dec 2002 by roughly 30 cm.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_077: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_078: CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_079: YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_080: ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_081: 1965 36 273-365 (22)212-(21)213 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_082: 1966 27 1-262,293-297 (08)336-(21)336 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_083: 1967 100 none none 247-248\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_084: 1968 92 74-78,152-155,191- (11)181-(05)182 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_085: 215 (07)275-(14)275\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_086: (22)313-(21)314\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_087: 1969 82 150-156,273-335 (17)098-(04)099 53-54,251,273\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_088: (22)193-(21)194\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_089: (22)364-(21)365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_090: 1970 65 239-365 (22)078-(21)079 199\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_091: 1971 78 1-63,179-182,212- (22)272-(21)273 164,216,260,268-271,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_092: 214,248-250,325-334, (20)301-(10)302 275-276\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_093: 361-362 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_094: 1972 81 60-61,90-109,115- (22)219-(21)220 75-77,91,250,256-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_095: 127,130-139,146-152, 258\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_096: 222-243,274-276\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_097: 1973 16 59-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_098: 1974 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_099: 1975 52 1-122,151-182,208- (22)273-(21)274 148-152\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_100: 213,235-239,243-245, (14)287-(06)288\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_101: 251-258,301-304,333- (18)342-(13)343\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_102: 335,364-365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_103: 1976 82 1-2,32-33,60-96,201- (09)305-(06)306 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_104: 203,213-215,235-238, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_105: 243-247,336-339,356- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_106: 366\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_107: 1977 62 8-10,31-32,91-122, (22)031-(21)032 33-52,189-190\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_108: 128-129,134-140,149- (09)052-(06)053\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_109: 156,174-178,182-185, (17)191-(08)192\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_110: 203-209,211-214,217- (22)242-(21)243\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_111: 220,238-241,244-249, (22)311-(21)312\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_112: 273-276,302-304,333-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_113: 365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_114: 1978 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_115: 1979 65 1-99,105-107,201- (22)120-(06)121 190-193\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_116: 207,222-229,243-255, (16)151-(06)152\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_117: 336-337,365 (12)157-(06)158\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_118: (06)164-(23)164\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_119: (07)183-(21)183\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_120: (22)273-(08)274\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_121: (10)304-(06)305\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_122: (14)318-(06)319\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_123: (12)340-(09)341\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_124: 1980 0 1-366 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_125: 1981 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_126: 1982 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_127: 1983 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_128: 1984 0 1-366 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_129: 1985 98 84-90 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_130: 1986 96 39-41,111-118,195- (19)346-(02)347 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_131: 199\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_132: 1987 65 82-90,103-108,116- (15)046-(07)047 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_133: 163,174-177,274-281, (04)051-(19)051\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_134: 289-293,312-365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_135: 1988 77 1-19,23-25,53-54,63- (12)050-(21)050 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_136: 69,74-109,116-120, (12)051-(21)051\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_137: 274-278,323-328,338- (09)052-(21)052\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_138: 347,366\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_139: 1989 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_140: 1990 99 341-342 (20)061-(08)062 40-44,252-253,333-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_141: (20)063-(09)064 340\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_142: 1991 94 147-155,190-192, (22)268-(06)269 18-21,81-84\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_143: 352-364\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_144: 1992 82 121-141,143-153,260- none 10,12-13,69-91,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_145: 272,343-366 283-286\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_146: 1993 40 1-186,286-300,305- (06)280-(21)280 301-305,310-311,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_147: 309,312-319,357-365 341-344\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_148: 1994 69 1-56,87-96,108-128, none 157-161,193-196,201-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_149: 217-225,245-252,279- 209,217,230-240,259-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_150: 284,325-333 279,284-288\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_151: 1995 34 1-233,272-280 (09)286-(20)286 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_152: (09)288-(20)288\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_153: 1996 81 148-152,170-176,194- none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_154: 204,250-260,264-274, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_155: 309-334,327-334,337- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_156: 344,358-366 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_157: 1997 50 1-181\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_158: 1998 58 23-36,40-47,58-62, none 124-126,131-134,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_159: 75-79,82-89,115-118, 306-313,363-365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_160: 127-131,134-138,145-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_161: 204,208-212,215-219,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_162: 223-236,241-243,257-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_163: 264,271-275,285-292,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_164: 327-334,362-363,365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_165: 1999 0 1-365 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_166: 2000 0 1-366 none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_167: 2001 57 31-36,52-58,73-74, (22)028-(07)029 60-72\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_168: 78-83,131-148,155- (22)073-(08)074\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_169: 193,197-213,217-222, (15)091-(08)092\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_170: 222-290,298-302,331- (22)365-(21)001\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_171: 334\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_172: 2002 80 1-2,12-27,33-37,91- (06)004-(17)004 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_173: 126-129-146,365 (10)005-(21)005\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_174: (08)008-(17)008\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_175: (06)011-(18)011\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_176: (06)028-(18)028\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_177: (06)029-(17)029\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_178: (06)065-(13)065\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_179: (08)079-(16)079\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_180: (07)088-(15)088\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_181: (11)345-(18)345\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_182: (07)348-(15)348\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_183: 2003 23 1-211,218-220,257- (19)244-(06)245 256\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_184: 260,272-273,279-282, (09)257-(17)257\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_185: 293-294,300-309,313- (00)286-(13)286\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_186: 365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_187: 2004 94 54-56,113-119,192- (22)040-(07)041 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_188: 194,229-236,271-272, (09)076-(17)076\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_189: 315-316,361-362 (07)089-(14)089\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_190: (19)186-(18)187\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_191: (05)190-(16)190\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_192: (04)200-(17)200\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_193: (10)225-(18)225\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_194: (07)265-(18)265\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_195: (22)268-(21)269\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_196: (08)270-(15)270\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_197: (07)273-(20)273\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_198: (03)274-(17)274\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_199: (04)276-(16)276\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_200: (07)286-(19)286\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_201: (08)288-(19)288\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_202: (07)290-(17)290\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_203: (04)308-(21)308\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_204: (11)309-(18)309\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_205: (07)310-(16)310\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_206: (09)311-(18)311\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_207: (11)320-(09)321\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_208: (04)322-(18)322\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_209: (04)338-(18)338\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_210: (09)340-(16)340\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_211: (08)348-(18)348\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_212: (13)352-(21)352\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_213: (07)356-(16)356\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_214: (08)357-(19)357\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_215: (02)363-(09)363\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_216: 2005 65 3-4,6-7,30-32,136- (22)008-(21)009 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_217: 234,283-307 (05)010-(18)010\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_218: (08)011-(15)011\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_219: (22)012-(21)013\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_220: (08)030-(15)030\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_221: (11)075-(21)075\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_222: (06)120-(17)120\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_223: (18)129-(04)130\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_224: 2006 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_225: 2007 93 169-186,276-284 (08)274-(07)275 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.CREATION_DATE: 13:38 27-MAY-2009
Variables:
time
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..214007]
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_h_206
: Grid of Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..214007][depth = 0..0][latitude = 0..0][longitude = 0..0]
time:
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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