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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: 302 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: 2008093023 NC_GLOBAL.MINIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: 0.4420000017 NC_GLOBAL.MAXIMUM_SLH_VALUE_HOURLY: 7.232999802 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: 05 Aug 2005\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_007: Station : Balboa Latitude: 08 57.7N \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_008: Country : Panama Longitude: 079 34.4W \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_009: JASL # : 302A Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr) \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_010: GLOSS # : 168 TOGA #: P079 NODC #: 70078901 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_011: Contributor : Panama Canal Commission \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_012: Engineering Division \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_013: Unit 2300\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_014: APO AA 34011 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_015: and for key-entry of 1907-1969 data\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_016: UH SEA LEVEL CENTER\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_017: Originator : same\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_018: Original Data: analog and digital \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_019: Instrmnt Type: float and well gauges, primary are digital gauges: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_020: 1907-1970: standard float/well (type F analog)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_021: 1971-1973: Stevens Type F Analog \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_022: 1973-1980: Fisher & Porter Digital Model 35-1551 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_023: 1981-1987: Stevens Digital Model 7001 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_024: 1982-present: Stevens Model A71 Analog \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_025: 1988-present: Handar Digital 550B Hydrologger \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_026: Digitzd Intvl: spot samples (analog), 15 minute (digital) \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_027: Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_028: Hourly : spot sampled on the hour \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_029: Daily : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_030: centered on noon applied to the hourly data \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_031: with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5% \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_032: amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_033: Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_034: 7 or fewer days are missing \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_035: Span of data : 19 Jun 1907 - 31 Dec 1997\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_036: Gaps > 1 mon : 01 Jan - 31 Dec 1979; 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1989 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_037: Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23) Space-filler Flag :-9999 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_038: Units : millimeters Missing Data Flag : 9999 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_039: Existing : Yes Operational : Yes \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_040: Sat. Trans. : No Distribution : 1907-1997\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_041: Refernce Levl: The data have been linked to tide staff zero by \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_042: the originators. The tide staff zero is set to\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_043: -12.00' below the Precise Level Datum or Primary\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_044: Bench Mark, which was first identified in 1911.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_045: A brass plate bench mark was established in April\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_046: 1917 with elevation 19.764' PLD. The leveling \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_047: history for this plate is as follows:\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_048: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_049: date level above PLD (PBM) in feet\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_050: 04/15/18 19.757\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_051: 03/11/21 19.761\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_052: 10/15/21 19.757\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_053: 05/04/22 19.765\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_054: 06/14/23 19.757\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_055: 04/24/24 19.763\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_056: 06/29/42 19.746\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_057: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_058: This benchmark has since not been recovered and\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_059: very little geodetic information is available\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_060: up until recent years.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_061: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_062: A tsunami is evident on 23-25 May, 1960.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_063: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_064: From information provided by the originators and\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_065: from analysis of hourly residuals and daily plots,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_066: 1335 mm were added to the original data from \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_067: 22 May - 22 July 1987 and 1285 mm added to \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_068: 23 July to 31 July, 1987. \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_069: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_070: The following minor level adjustments were\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_071: made based on comparisons with the Naos gauge:\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_072: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_073: yyyymmddhh - yyyymmddhh added to original (mm)\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_074: ----------------------- ----------------------\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_075: 1992092913 - 1992100109 -350\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_076: 1994122219 - 1995011017 -50\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_077: NC_GLOBAL.DOC_078: Comment : Differences in daily values with Tumaco, Puerto \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_079: Armuelles, and Quepos indicate that the period \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_080: 22 May - 20 July, 1987 may be about 8 cm high. \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_081: The anomalously low values in 1988 and 1989 are \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_082: in accordance with the wind during the same period,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_083: which was anomalously strong from ENE during winter\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_084: months. This feature is under investigation by the \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_085: originators. The anomalously high levels of Sept\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_086: 29 - Oct 1, 1992 have been confirmed by the\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_087: originators not to be an instrument malfunction.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_088: Otherwise, the daily and monthly means do not show\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_089: any signs of reference level shifts and agree well\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_090: with the nearest stations, Tumaco, Puerto \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_091: Armuelles, and Quepos. \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_092: The data for 1907-1981 are from location: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_093: 08 57.4N, 079 33.7W. The station was moved about \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_094: a mile to the present location, which is referred\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_095: to as .Diablo Heights.. The station renames\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_096: nominally referred to as .Balboa. for the JASL.\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_097: \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_098: CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_099: YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_100: ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_101: 1907 52 177-179,203-206 (21)222-(20)223 234-241,280-299,309-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_102: (00)227-(11)227 330,335-365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_103: (18)232-(17)233\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_104: (18)334-(23)334\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_105: (01)335-(15)335\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_106: 1908 99 13-15,177-178 none 1-365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_107: 1909 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_108: 1910 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_109: 1911 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_110: 1912 100 none (01)041-(08)041 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_111: 1913 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_112: 1914 100 none none 261-266\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_113: 1915 100 none none 295\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_114: 1916 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_115: 1917 100 none (04)083-(15)083 274-275\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_116: (14)255-(13)256\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_117: 1918 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_118: 1919 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_119: 1920 100 none (06)122-(05)123 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_120: (06)204-(05)205\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_121: 1921 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_122: 1922 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_123: 1923 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_124: 1924 100 none (18)184-(06)185 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_125: 1925 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_126: 1926 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_127: 1927 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_128: 1928 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_129: 1929 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_130: 1930 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_131: 1931 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_132: 1932 100 none (06)180-(05)181 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_133: 1933 100 none (05)354-(04)355 72-74\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_134: 1934 100 none none 289\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_135: 1935 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_136: 1936 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_137: 1937 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_138: 1938 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_139: 1939 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_140: 1940 100 none (07)088-(05)089 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_141: 1941 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_142: 1942 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_143: 1943 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_144: 1944 100 none (17)056-(05)057 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_145: (22)086-(05)087\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_146: 1945 100 none (15)042-(23)042 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_147: (01)043-(10)043\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_148: (13)259-(06)260\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_149: 1946 100 none (15)017-(13)018 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_150: (13)217-(04)218\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_151: 1947 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_152: 1948 100 none (15)121-(23)121 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_153: 1949 100 none (11)059-(23)059 134-136\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_154: (00)239-(10)239\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_155: 1950 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_156: 1951 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_157: 1952 100 none none 92-94\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_158: 1953 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_159: 1954 100 none (00)275-(17)275 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_160: (06)274-(05)275\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_161: 1955 100 none (11)115-(07)116 27-30\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_162: (03)244-(12)244\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_163: 1956 100 none (17)195-(01)196 none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_164: 1957 100 none none 211-212\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_165: 1958 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_166: 1959 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_167: 1960 100 none (05)144-(12)144 55-57,84-87,132,136,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_168: 161-162,190,194,197,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_169: 309\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_170: 1961 100 none none 44-45,47-48,74-75,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_171: 120-121,210-211,362-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_172: 363\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_173: 1962 100 none none 112-114,257-258\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_174: 1963 100 none none 9,290\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_175: 1964 100 none none 49-50,85-86,102,220-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_176: 222,253-254,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_177: 1965 100 none (17)162-(00)163 92-93,95-99,105-110,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_178: 213-216\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_179: 1966 100 none none 260\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_180: 1967 100 none none 33-34,40,99,115-116\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_181: 1968 100 none none 133\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_182: 1969 100 none (18)101-(05)102 267\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_183: 1970 100 none (13)237-(06)238 116,200-201\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_184: (13)237-(06)238\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_185: 1971 100 none none 4-5,60,209-210,244, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_186: 322-323 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_187: 1972 100 none none 104-110,117-119,125-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_188: 126,162-170,176-178,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_189: 182-184,212,271 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_190: 1973 100 none none 94-95,224-228,123- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_191: 124,128-129,216,224-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_192: 228,255-256,283-285 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_193: 1974 100 none none 244-290 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_194: 1975 100 none none 28-29,32-37,54-60, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_195: 86-88,90,115-120, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_196: 146-147,170-196,216-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_197: 222,234-238,246-249,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_198: 252-271,275-298,304-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_199: 312,319-322 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_200: 1976 100 none none 3-5,20-23,32-37,48- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_201: 50,75-81,105,237- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_202: 241,255-257,267-270 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_203: 1977 100 none none 152-153,180-184,225-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_204: 258,261-278,352-365 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_205: 1978 100 none none 1-3,12-20,38-40,84- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_206: 93,114-128,172-177, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_207: 258-275,335-338,347-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_208: 365 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_209: 1979 0 1-365 none none \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_210: 1980 100 none none 105-108,240-244,286-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_211: 288,328-332 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_212: 1981 95 73-92 none 114-117,149-151, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_213: 213-215 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_214: 1982 100 none none 11-12,39-45,120-121,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_215: 213-220,305-320,363-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_216: 365 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_217: 1983 100 none none 56,86-87,133-138 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_218: 1984 100 none none 1-3,134-135,137-140,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_219: 202-204 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_220: 1985 100 none none 36-38 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_221: 1986 100 none none 41-42,111-112,118- \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_222: 119,187,218-219,235-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_223: 236,244-252,263-265,\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_224: 273-278,287-289,298-\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_225: 299,303-307 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_226: 1987 94 121-142 (01)252-(22)252 27-32,103-105,293, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_227: 304,332,357-359 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_228: 1988 99 92-95 none 5-10,18-25,32-39, \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_229: 46-50,76-81,108-111 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_230: 1989 50 none none 29-30,97-98,124-128 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_231: 1990 99 1 none none \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_232: 1991 100 none (08)022-(15)022 18-21 \\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_233: 1992 99 273-275 none 268-272,285-288\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_234: 1993 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_235: 1994 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_236: 1995 100 none none none\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_237: 1996 98 168-173 none 155-168\\015 NC_GLOBAL.DOC_238: 1997 100 none none 244-365\\015 NC_GLOBAL.CREATION_DATE: 13:44 27-MAY-2009
Variables:
time
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..208175]
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..208175][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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