BODC FIXED STATION DOCUMENT NO.  68293                     
                                                                                
                         Site History : Dakar-E, Senegal                       
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    Station              : Dakar-E                                             
    Country              : Senegal                                              
    Latitude             :  14 40.0N                                            
    Longitude            : 017 25.8W                                            
    GLOSS No             : 253                                                  
    Contributor          : 1992-1995 NOAA/NOS, USA                              
    Instrument Type      : (1992-present) Next Generation Water Level           
                           Measurement System - acoustic sensor                 
    Site of Gauge        :                                                      
    Observational periods: 1992 - present                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Reference level:                                                            
    All data are  referred to  Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ).                           
                                                                                
    Tide gauge benchmark (TGBM) description:                                    
                                                                                
    Auxiliary benchmarks:                                                       
                                                                                
    Benchmark relationships:                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Quality Assessment:                                                         
                                                                                
    Comment: The  daily  or monthly means do not reveal any  obvious  reference 
             level shifts. Most questionable fluctuations are related to timing 
             problems with the  gauge.                                          
                                                                                
         COMPLETENESS  QUESTIONABLE FLUCTUATIONS(in day Nos.)                   
    YEAR  INDEX (%)    AND MISSING DATA (Gaps > 6 hours)                        
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    1992      72       186-189,242-246                                          
                       GAP FROM 1992/03/01 AT 00.00  TO 1992/03/15 AT 02.00     
                       GAP FROM 1992/04/05 AT 00.00  TO 1992/04/05 AT 23.00     
                       GAP FROM 1992/04/29 AT 04.00  TO 1992/05/01 AT 23.00     
                       GAP FROM 1992/05/16 AT 08.00  TO 1992/07/01 AT 23.00     
                       GAP FROM 1992/07/07 AT 14.00  TO 1992/08/01 AT 23.00     
                       GAP FROM 1992/08/15 AT 23.00  TO 1992/08/28 AT 23.00     
    1993      96       NONE                                                     
                       GAP FROM 1993/03/20 AT 02.00  TO 1993/03/30 AT 23.00     
                       GAP FROM 1993/06/11 AT 02.00  TO 1993/06/15 AT 06.00     
    1994      94       NONE                                                     
                       GAP FROM 1994/01/02 AT 20.00  TO 1994/01/13 AT 14.00     
                       GAP FROM 1994/09/19 AT 11.00  TO 1994/09/29 AT 19.00     
    1995      73       164                                                      
                       GAP FROM 1995/06/08 AT 18.00  TO 1995/06/12 AT 10.00     
                       GAP FROM 1995/06/12 AT 15.00  TO 1995/06/13 AT 04.00     
                       GAP FROM 1995/06/13 AT 15.00  TO 1995/06/19 AT 10.00     
                       GAP FROM 1995/06/19 AT 15.00  TO 1995/06/20 AT 04.00     
                       GAP FROM 1995/06/20 AT 15.00  TO 1995/06/22 AT 04.00     
                       GAP FROM 1995/06/22 AT 15.00  TO 1995/09/18 AT 12.00