QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Puerto Armuelles-A        Latitude:  08 16.4N          
              Country  : Panama                   Longitude: 082 51.6W          
              JASL #   : 304A                 Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr)  
              GLOSS #  : none     TOGA #: none       NODC #: 70088201           
              Contributor  : Instituto Geografico Nacional                      
                             Apartado 5267                                      
                             Panama 5, PANAMA
                             (obtained via Scripps Oceanographic Institute)
              Originator   : same                                               
              Original Data: analog
              Instrmnt Type: standard mechanical float and well gauge 
              Digitzd Intvl: hourly                                             
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : spot sampled 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 : 12 Jul 1955 - 31 Dec 1968
              Gaps > 1 mon : 05 Nov 1960 - 05 Dec 1960;13 Nov 1962 - 01 Feb 1963
                             01 Apr 1964 - 01 Jun 1964
              Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23)   Space-filler Flag   :-9999     
              Units        : millimeters         Missing Data Flag   : 9999     
              Existing     : Yes                 Operational         : Yes      
              Sat. Trans.  : No                  Distribution        : 1955-1968
              Refernce Levl: The data have been linked to tide staff zero by    
                             the originators.  One short obvious shift was
                             adjusted by adding 400 mm to the original data:
                             (18) 28 Jan - (15) 01 Feb 1964.  This series
                             is distinguished from 304B because they have
                             not been linked to a common datum.
              Comment      : The daily and monthly means do not show any 
                             signs of reference level shifts agree well 
                             with the neighboring stations (Balboa, Quepos, 
                             and Acapulco).  

                             Notable episodic events:
                             23-25 May 1960: Tsunami from S.C. Chile
                             28 Mar 1964: Tsunami from Alaska

                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1955  47 none                 none            none
              1956 100 none                 none            240,281
              1957 100 none                 none            none
              1958 100 none                 none            362-365
              1959 100 none                 none            1-5,225-227
              1960  91 310-340              (00)002-(14)002 276-281
                                            (01)033-(22)033
              1961  97 104-106,110-119      none            48,93-97,178,255,
                                                            278
              1962  80 10-17,83-99,317-365  (22)053-(05)054 137-138
              1963  91 1-32                 (04)308-(15)308 112,142,172-177
              1964  83 92-153               none            193-195
              1965 100 none                 (03)061-(22)061 314-315,342-343
              1966  94 1-4,9-10,13-15,75-91 (22)006-(21)007 101-102,257
                                            (08)033-(16)033
                                            (05)034-(17)034
                                            (18)345-(17)346
              1967 100 none                 none            219-226
              1968 100 none                 none            113,133-135,278