QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL DATA                
                                           by the                               
                   UH SEA LEVEL CENTER/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER     
                                 JOINT ARCHIVE FOR SEA LEVEL                    
                                       updated: 30 Oct 2000
              Station  : Bundaberg                 Latitude:  24 50.0S          
              Country  : Australia                Longitude: 152 21.0E          
              JASL #   : 332A                 Time Meridian: 150E (GMT + 10 hr) 
              GLOSS #  : 059      TOGA #: P094       NODC #: 32154201           
              Contributor  : The National Tidal Facility                        
                             Flinders University of South Australia             
                             GPO Box 2100                                       
                             Adelaide, 5001, South Australia                    
                             AUSTRALIA                                         
              Originator   : Bundaberg Port Authority                           
                             Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia                   
              Original Data: Analog
              Instrmnt Type: Float/well; Leupold and Stevens model A71
              Digitzd Intvl: hourly          
              Present Data : Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by:     
                    Hourly : spot hourly
                    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 1984 - 31 Dec 1999
              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        : 1984-1999
              Refernce Levl: The sea level heights are referred to the tide 
                             station zero which is linked to fixed benchmarks.
                             Original data as received from NTF were adjusted
                             by -340 mm to link the data to the historic datum.
              Comment      : The daily and monthly values are reasonable and
                             do not reveal any obvious errors.  The phase of
                             the timing drifted on occassion. 

                    CI MISSING              REPLACED GAPS     QUESTIONABLE      
              YEAR (%) DATA                 OR BAD DATA       FLUCTUATIONS      
              ---- --- -------------------- --------------- --------------------
              1984  98 270-274,276-278      none            240-241,266-269
              1985  94 63-64,178-181,       (01)050-(22)050 none
                       214-220,221-230,     (07)267-(22)267 
                       232-234                              
              1986 100 none                 none            none
              1987  94 76-91,152-158        none            45-46,101-103,110-
                                                            112,117-119,123-124,
                                                            127-130,135-136,142-
                                                            143,145-146,219-220
              1988  96 107-110,264-265,     none            211-212
                       356-366
              1989  96 1-5,25-32,93-97      (12)097-(20)097 121,284-288
                                            (00)099-(14)099
              1990  97 115-120,170-173,     (13)294-(04)295 113-114,307-309
                       197-201
              1991 100 none                 (15)004-(00)005 160-161,252-253,307-
                                            (15)190-(04)191 308,325-327
              1992  96 6-7,12-13,35-37,81-  (04)078-(00)079 none
                       85,88-94,245-247
              1993  98 27-34                none            none
              1994 100 none                 none            none
              1995 100 none                 none            none
              1996  99 18-19                none            none
              1997 100 none                 none            none
              1998  99 162-166              (08)225-(02)226 none
              1999 100 none                 none            none