QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                                                                
              Station  : Honolulu,Kewalo,Hawaii    Latitude:  21 17.7N          
              Country  : USA                      Longitude: 157 51.7W          
              JASL #   : 026A                 Time Meridian: 150W (GMT - 10 hr) 
              GLOSS #  : none     TOGA #: none       NODC #: 72151702           
              Contributor  : UH Sea Level Center                              
                             1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317                              
                             Honolulu, Hawaii 96822                             
              Originator   : Dept. of Oceanography                              
                             University of Hawaii                               
                             1000 Pope Rd. MSB 317                              
                             Honolulu, Hawaii 96822                             
              Original Data: digital                                            
              Instrmnt Type: Fischer and Porter Analog-to-Digital Recorder      
              Digitzd Intvl: 15 minutes                                         
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : Nine-point triangular filter centered              
                             on the hour with respective periods of the 95, 50, 
                             and 5% amplitude point of the filter response at   
                             623.6, 177.0, and 103.7 minutes                    
                    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 : 24 Jan 1978 - 18 Feb 1986                          
              Gaps > 1 mon : 14 Oct - 8 Dec 1978                                
              Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23)   Space-filler Flag   :-9999     
              Units        : millimeters         Missing Data Flag   : 9999     
              Existing     : No                  Operational         : No       
              Sat. Trans.  : No                  Distribution        : 1978-1986
              Refernce Levl: All heights have been referred to the station tide 
                             staff zero which is linked to fixed bench marks    
              Comment      : The daily and monthly means reveal no apparent     
                             changes in the reference level.  The station has   
                             been discontinued.                                 
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1978  82 152-159,269-270,     none            none                
                       286-342                                                  
              1979  98 61-66                none            none                
              1980  99 296-298              none            none                
              1981  96 70-77,358-365        none            none                
              1982  92 1-29                 none            none                
              1983 100 none                 none            none                
              1984  96 216-230              none            none                
              1985 100 none                 none            none                
              1986  13 none                 none            none