QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                       updated: 05 Apr 2004
              Station  : Hanimaadhoo-A             Latitude:  06 46.0N
              Country  : Rep. of Maldives         Longitude: 073 10.0E
              JASL #   : 117A                 Time Meridian: 075E (GMT + 5 hr)  
              GLOSS #  : none     TOGA #: none       NODC #: 10076301           
              Contributor  : UH Sea Level Center                              
                             1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317                              
                             Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
              Originator   : UH Sea Level Center in collaboration with
                             Dept. of Meteorology                               
                             Male, Republic of Maldives                         
              Original Data: analog                                             
              Instrmnt Type: Metercraft Bubbler                                 
              Digitzd Intvl: hourly                                             
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : Original data were 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 : 19 Jul 1991 - 20 Aug 2002
              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.  : No                  Distribution        : 1991-2002
              Refernce Levl: Heights are referred to the station tide staff 
                             zero, which is linked to land-based benchmarks. 
                             This reference zero is unique to this station and
                             is not an official datum (chart, national, etc.) 
                             and is not relative to local tidal parameters, 
                             such as mean lower low water.  See the Originators
                             for benchmark descriptions, maps, and the geodetic
                             levelling history.
              Comment      : The daily and monthly means do not reveal any
                             suspicious reference level changes.

                             This site was discontinued in Aug 2002.  A new
                             station nearby was established but the series
                             are not linked to the same reference zero; thus,
                             there is a 117A and 117B.
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1991  42 292-294,340-344,     none            none
                       354-361
              1992  94 3-12,48-50,111-113,  none            none
                       206-212,253-255
              1993  97 40-43,328-334        none            none
              1994  99 264-265,359-360      none            none
              1995  97 190-193,309-312,     (01)213-(12)213 none
                       354-360              (14)272-(12)273
              1996  99 160-162,214-215      (19)163-(10)164 none
                                            (12)205-(10)206
                                            (17)207-(10)208
                                            (22)233-(11)234
                                            (17)236-(11)237
                                            (16)283-(10)284
                                            (12)285-(11)286
              1997 100 none                 none            none
              1998  99 42-44                (14)034-(10)035 none
                                            (00)182-(13)182
              1999  99 168-170,201-202      (00)139-(12)139 none
              2000  99 203-204              none            none
              2001  99 133-134              (17)099-(13)100 none
              2002  63 none                 none            none