QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Port Louis-B              Latitude:  20 09.2S          
              Country  : Mauritius                Longitude: 057 29.4E          
              JASL #   : 103B                 Time Meridian: 060E (GMT + 4 hr)  
              GLOSS #  : 018      TOGA #: I057       NODC #: 32050701           
              Contributor  : Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS)          
                             Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead                    
                             Merseyside L43 7RA                                 
              Originator   : same                                               
              Original Data: analog                                             
              Instrmnt Type: Munroe, float and stilling well                    
              Digitzd Intvl: one hour spot reading                              
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : The original digitizing interval was 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 Mar 1964 - 31 Dec 1965                          
              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        : 1964-1965
              Refernce Levl: The sea level heights are referred to the zero     
                             point assigned to the tide gauge.                  
              Comment      : The daily or monthly means do not reveal any       
                             obvious reference level changes or trends.         
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1964  74 86-91,102-104,       none            76-78,118-119,173   
                       157-159,219-223,                                         
                       227-229,251-254,                                         
                       256-260,263-266,                                         
                       270-272,277-279,                                         
                       304-306,309-311,                                         
                       354-356                                                  
              1965  83 10-12,13-15,18-      (20)224-(19)225 18,135-137,211-212, 
                       20,32-35,51-53,      (20)238-(19)239 243,296             
                       57-61,86-88,         (20)258-(19)259                     
                       114-116,121-123,                                         
                       138-140,145-147,                                         
                       156-158,162-164,                                         
                       167-169,177-182,                                         
                       183-186,196-200,                                         
                       212-214,219-221,                                         
                       233-236,268-270,                                         
                       310-312,345-348,                                         
                       352-354,358-360,                                         
                       365