QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Sta. Cruz de la Palma-D   Latitude:  28 41.0N          
              Country  : Spain                    Longitude: 017 45.0W          
              JASL #   : 206D                 Time Meridian: GMT                
              GLOSS #  : none     TOGA #: none       NODC #: 72018701           
              Contributor  : Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia                  
                             C/ Corazon de Maria, No. 8 - 1                     
                             28002 Madrid                                       
                             SPAIN                                              
              Originator   : same                                               
              Original Data: analog                                             
              Instrmnt Type: A.OTT, float and stilling well                     
              Digitzd Intvl: one hour                                           
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : direct digitization, no filter                     
                    Daily  : 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976)    
                             centered on noon applied to the hourly data        
                             with respective periods of the 95, 50, and 5%      
                             amplitude points at 124.0, 60.2, and 40.2 hours    
                    Monthly: Simple average of all daily values; calculated if  
                             7 or fewer days are missing                        
              Span of data : 22 Feb 1989 - 31 Dec 1990
              Gaps > 1 mon : none
              Time Refernce: GMT (00-23 hours)   Space-filler Flag   :-9999     
              Units        : millimeters         Missing Data Flag   : 9999     
              Existing     : Yes                 Operational         : Yes
              Sat. Trans.  : No                  Distribution        : 1989-1990
              Refernce Levl: The data have been linked to tide staff zero       
                             and fixed bench marks by the originators.
              Comment      : This series is separate from S.Cruz-A,-B, and -C
                             because of reference level shifts.  The timing is
                             very poor.

                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1989  76 66-69,122-128,157-   none            55-58,94-97,108-113,
                       178,195-199                          178-304
              1990  97 305-316              none            202-304