QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Mocamedes                 Latitude:  15 11.5S
              Country  : Angola                   Longitude: 012 08.7E
              JASL #   : 238A                 Time Meridian: 015E (GMT + 1 hr)
              GLOSS #  : none     TOGA #: none       NODC #: 31015201
              Contributor  : Instituto Hidrografico Marinha                     
                             Rua das Trinas                                     
                             49-P-1296 Lisboa Codex                             
                             Lisbon
                             PORTUGAL
              Originator   : same                                               
              Original Data: analog
              Instrmnt Type: Float and well, A.OTT
              Digitzd Intvl: hourly
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : the original data were hourly
                    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 : 30 Jun 1971 - 13 May 1975
              Gaps > 1 mon : none
              Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23)   Space-filler Flag   :-9999     
              Units        : millimeters         Missing Data Flag   : 9999     
              Existing     : No                  Operational         : No
              Sat. Trans.  : No                  Distribution        : 1971-1975
              Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station tide 
                             staff zero which is linked to fixed bench marks    
              Comment      : The daily and monthly means reveal no              
                             apparent reference level changes or trends and
                             agree well with Lobito for same period.
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1971  49 186-188,362-365      (23)271-(22)272 336-339,352-362
              1972  94 1-18,326-330         none            32-33,47-48,58-63,
                                                            71-78,321-325
              1973 100 none                 (18)066-(07)067 none
              1974 100 none                 none            none
              1975  36 none                 none            none