QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                       updated: 27 May 1999
              Station  : Puerto Quetza-B           Latitude:  13 55.3N          
              Country  : Guatemala                Longitude: 090 47.1W          
              JASL #   : 301B                 Time Meridian: 090W (GMT - 6 hr)  
              GLOSS #  : none     TOGA #: none       NODC #: 71093001           
              Contributor  : UH SEA LEVEL CENTER                              
                             Dept. of Oceanography                              
                             University of Hawaii                               
                             Honolulu, Hawaii 96822                             
              Originator   : Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia    
                             7A Avenida 14-57 Zona 13                           
                             Guatemala, C.A.                                    
                             GUATEMALA                                          
              Original Data: digital
              Instrmnt Type: Fischer and Porter analog-to-digital recorder (ADR)
                             float/well gauge
              Digitzd Intvl: 15 minutes
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : three-point filter centered on the hour with
                             weights 25-50-25
                    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 : 26 Aug 1992 - 01 May 1996
              Gaps > 1 mon : 01 May 1993 - 01 Jun 1993;01 Aug 1993 - 01 Apr 1994
                             27 Apr 1994 - 01 Jul 1994;01 Oct 1994 - 04 Nov 1994
              Time Refernce: GMT (hours 00-23)   Space-filler Flag   :-9999     
              Units        : millimeters         Missing Data Flag   : 9999     
              Existing     : Yes                 Operational         : No       
              Sat. Trans.  : No                  Distribution        : 1992-1995
              Refernce Levl: The data have been linked to tide staff zero 
                             which is tied to a network of bench marks.
                             This series is unique from P.Quetzal-A because
                             it appears they are not tied to the same datum.
              Comment      : The data contain numerous gaps.  The daily means 
                             agree reasonably well with Acapulco.
                                                                                
                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1992  35 none                 none            none
              1993  84 23-32,121-152,       none            none
                       178-196
              1994  41 1-90,109-110,117-    (08)214-(20)214 182-196,310-311
                       182,243-268,274-308
              1995  92 66-94,211-213        (06)276-(17)276 48-55,62
                                            (00)335-(15)335
              1996  33 8-10                 none            none