QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Papeete-A                 Latitude:  17 31.9S
              Country  : French Polynesia         Longitude: 149 34.0W
              JASL #   : 015A                 Time Meridian: 150W (GMT - 10 hr) 
              GLOSS #  : 140      TOGA #: P065       NODC #: 51147901           
              Contributor  : UH Sea Level Center                              
                             1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317                              
                             Honolulu, Hawaii 96822                             
              Originator   : SHOM (FRANCE)
              Original Data: analog
              Instrmnt Type: standard float and well
              Digitzd Intvl: hourly
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : spot reading 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 May 1969 - 31 May 1975
              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        : 1969-1975
              Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station tide 
                             staff zero which is linked to fixed bench marks.
                             850 mm were added to the original data to avoid
                             negative numbers.
              Comment      : The daily and monthly means reveal no apparent     
                             changes in the reference level.  Data from
                             Papeete-A are maintained in a separate record
                             from Papeete-B because the two series are not
                             linked to the same tide staff zero.  Timing is
                             no better than about +/- 8 minutes.  This record
                             is made up of two pieces that have been linked
                             to the same tide staff zero.  The second piece,
                             Sept 1972-end, is from Matavai Bay, about a mile
                             to the ENE in a separate lagoon.
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1969  65 179-181,259-261,322- none            none
                       323,364-365
              1970  97 32-33,84-85,132-133, (11)031-(04)032 none
                       214-215,217-220,     (17)045-(03)046
                       255-258              (03)047-(16)047
                                            (10)069-(22)069
                                            (09)087-(18)087
                                            (04)108-(19)108
              1971  93 124-125,130-132,134- (05)018-(17)018 none
                       141,152-155,157-158, (16)029-(00)030
                       180-182,190-193,196- (19)060-(17)061
                       198,219-221,259-263  (22)185-(17)186
                                            (04)205-(17)205
                                            (10)207-(20)207
              1972  88 139-143,204-213,223- (10)003-(20)003 285-297
                       227,236-237,249-251, (04)238-(17)238
                       255-276
              1973  95 45-50,124-128,       (10)123-(17)123 39,62-65,93-96
                       142-148              (10)185-(09)186
              1974  90 106-110,152-156,170- (21)133-(17)134 none
                       171,179-180,188-189, (10)232-(16)232
                       195-197,206-210,218- (11)330-(20)330
                       220,253-255,281-282,
                       289-290,309-317,334-
                       337,352-355
              1975  27 32-35,55-57,85-86,   (12)025-(20)025 none
                       122-123,145-148      (15)091-(21)091