QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                       updated: 07 Mar 2011
              Station  : Puerto Cabezas            Latitude:  14 02.5N
              Country  : Nicaragua                Longitude: 083 22.9W
              JASL #   : 724A                 Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr)
              GLOSS #  : none Originator #:9665401  NODC #: 71084301
              Contributor  : National Ocean Service (NOS)                    
                             National Ocean. and Atmos. Administration (NOAA)
                             N/OES22
                             SSMC4, STATION 7109
                             1305 East West Highway
                             Silver Spring, MD. 20910-3233
              Originator   : Red de Observaciones del Nivel del Mar para
                             America Central (RONMAC); NOAA/NOS,
                             Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
                             (INETER)
              Original Data: digital                                           
              Instrmnt Type: Aquatrak acoustic gauge
              Digitzd Intvl: 6-min (3-min average)
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : spot 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 : 01 Nov 2001 - 31 Jan 2002
              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        : 2001-2002
              Refernce Levl: The data have been linked to tide staff zero by
                             the contributors.  Information on geodetic surveys
                             of benchmarks can be obtained from the originators.
              Comment      : The data record is short but of good quality.
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              2001  17 none                 none            none
              2002   9 none                 none            none