QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Gibara                    Latitude:  21 07.0N
              Country  : Cuba                     Longitude: 076 07.0W
              JASL #   : 244A                 Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr)  
              GLOSS #  : 276      TOGA #: A003       NODC #: 72071601 
              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 1985 - 31 Dec 1992
              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        : 1985-1992
              Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station tide 
                             staff zero which is linked to fixed bench marks.
                             These heights are 92 cm below the National Geodetic
                             Datum.
              Comment      : The daily and monthly values do not show any       
                             obvious shifts or trends and agree fairly well 
                             with San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1985 100 none                 none            244-258
              1986 100 none                 (12)310-(02)311 227-240
                                            (06)337-(13)337
              1987 100 none                 (12)200-(23)200 305-311
              1988 100 none                 (12)050-(04)051 none
                                            (20)247-(04)248
                                            (00)272-(11)272
              1989  98 80-88                none            316-318
              1990 100 none                 (12)116-(23)116 173-181,305-307
                                            (02)183-(11)183
                                            (00)252-(11)252
                                            (04)336-(18)336
              1991 100 none                 (22)299-(08)300 32-33,225-235,
                                            (22)356-(17)357 256-266
              1992 100 none                 (00)083-(07)083 207-213,237-245,
                                            (22)112-(06)113 
                                            (21)185-(18)186
                                            (01)289-(21)289