QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA by the UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL updated: 31 Mar 2005 Station : Puerto Armuelles-B Latitude: 08 16.4N Country : Panama Longitude: 082 51.6W JASL # : 304B Time Meridian: 075W (GMT - 5 hr) GLOSS # : none TOGA #: none NODC #: 70088201 Contributor : Instituto Geografico Nacional Apartado 5267 Panama 5, PANAMA 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 : 01 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 2001 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 : 1983-2001 Refernce Levl: The data have been linked to tide staff zero by the originators. The following level jumps have been corrected by information from tide staff readings as supplied by the originators period ( (hour)day/month/year ) adjustment (ft) --------------------------- --------------- (14)30/08/92-(21)04/02/93 -2.00 (22)04/02/93-(05)08/02/93 -1.25 (06)08/02/93-(23)31/12/01 -0.85 An obvious reference level offset was adjusted: period ( (hour)day/month/year ) adjustment (mm) --------------------------- --------------- (00)01/06/99-(23)30/06/99 275 Comment : The daily and monthly means do not show any signs of reference level shifts agree fairly well with the neighboring stations (Balboa, Quepos, and Acapulco). The timing is poor during 1983-84 and 1996-2001. CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS ---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- 1983 99 166-168,325-326 (08)065-(07)066 1-10,18-19,27-35,42- (12)076-(06)077 65,67,72-74,86-93, (17)225-(04)226 115-116,121,127-128, (21)258-(08)259 131-135,138,141-152, (12)320-(05)321 162-166,169-178,190- 209,215-216,221-228, 232-237,244-260,264- 270,277-280,284-286, 308-312,339,348-355, 358,365 1984 99 37-39 (18)052-(04)053 3-4,9-12,18-19,22- (04)134-(13)134 23,31,34,39-40,42- (08)146-(06)147 44,46-50,52-53,58, (00)296-(08)296 111-112,135-136,139- (14)313-(07)314 140,152,174-179,181- 189,192-198,205-212, 214-223,225-226,231- 232,238-244,247,249- 251,256-259,262-264, 268,270-272,284-285, 287-291,295-299,308, 314-316,320-322,330, 334-335,353-354,359- 364 1985 100 none (21)269-(05)270 3-4,6-7,35-36,127, (20)273-(04)274 132,267,278,280,285, 288,341 1986 98 151-159 (21)165-(16)166 160,162,167-175, (03)270-(23)270 178-181,191-196, 200-207,224-233,235, 244,303-305,333 1987 99 144-146 (16)059-(03)060 30-35,41-46,56,58, (02)111-(19)111 60-62,70-73,85-92, (09)282-(17)282 105-107,112-113,116- (05)297-(12)297 118,120-121,130-132, 137-138,141-142,147- 148,150-151,193-194, 249-251,337,352 1988 100 none (07)009-(00)010 47-49 (06)046-(01)047 (09)319-(04)320 1989 100 none (11)306-(02)307 29,65-67,127-129, 158-159,166,340-341, 351-352 1990 100 none (01)106-(10)106 270-271 (15)217-(13)218 (06)221-(20)221 (22)226-(16)227 (14)342-(22)342 1991 94 23-44 (03)274-(01)275 87-92,257,328-329, (05)323-(21)323 362-363 1992 100 none (10)042-(18)042 9-10,133-136,233 (06)096-(15)096 (16)122-(01)123 (14)143-(21)143 1993 100 none (10)039-(02)040 98-114,350-357 1994 100 none (02)007-(23)007 194-195 (09)014-(16)014 (10)109-(01)110 (20)127-(03)128 (09)137-(21)137 (04)145-(17)145 (14)180-(02)181 (01)201-(10)201 (12)208-(11)209 (15)211-(02)212 (08)218-(18)218 (00)251-(15)251 1995 99 140-141 (17)003-(01)004 78,87-89,105-107, (15)075-(23)075 180-181,241-242,353 (12)188-(21)188 (07)200-(14)200 (07)224-(19)224 (12)281-(20)281 (15)287-(22)287 (14)361-(02)362 1996 100 none (16)028-(01)029 8-9,27,34-38,54-55, (06)082-(16)082 74-75,93-98,109-116, (18)112-(01)113 133-134,137-139,154- (16)164-(00)165 156,194-198,216,243- (05)249-(15)249 247,275-276,285-286, 328,348 1997 100 none none 26,28,42,99,101,104, 106,133,146-149,172- 179,182,190,289-298, 303,343-352 1998 100 none none 1,12,36-38,57-58,75, 87-89,115-117,131- 133,158-159,177-179, 182-183,190-211,220- 237,246,249-251,310, 318-321,340-341 1999 97 151-156,178-181, (18)061-(01)062 189-194,213-214 233-237 2000 99 152-153 (14)057-(04)058 1,5,16-17,20,49,150- (18)160-(04)161 151,157-158,173,183, (08)177-(05)178 191,217,259-265,275, (05)190-(04)191 327-332,352-360 2001 100 none (14)224-(01)225 15,35,130,154-158, 275,349-350