QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                       updated: 30 May 2006
              Station  : Siboney                   Latitude:  23 05.5N
              Country  : Cuba                     Longitude: 082 28.3W
              JASL #   : 239A                 Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr)
              GLOSS #  : 215      TOGA #: none       NODC #: 72083201
              Contributor  : Instituto Cubano De Hidrografia
                             Seccion de Mareas
                             3ra. y 4. Miramar
                             Ciudad Habana
                             CUBA
              Originator   : same  
              Original Data: unconfirmed (analog?)
              Instrmnt Type: Float and stilling well; model unconfirmed
              Digitzd Intvl: unconfirmed (hourly?)
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : unconfirmed (discrete sampling on the hour?)
                    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 : 01 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 1990
              Gaps > 1 mon : none
              Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23)   Space-filler Flag   :-9999     
              Units        : millimeters         Missing Data Flag   : 9999     
              Existing     : Yes                 Operational         : Yes      
              Sat. Trans.  : Yes                 Distribution        : 1990-1990
              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 values do not show any       
                             obvious shifts or trends and agree fairly well 
                             with Gibara.
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1990  99 1                    none            none