BODC FIXED STATION DOCUMENT NO.  91903                     
                                                                                
                        Site History : Palmeira, Cape Verde                     
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    Station name         : Palmeira, Cape Verde     Latitude:  16 45.3N         
    Country              : Portugal                Longitude: 022 59.0W         
    WOCE No.             : 9106               Time Reference: GMT (00-23 hours) 
    Contributor          : University of Hawaii 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                               
                                                                                
    Observational periods: 2000                                                 
    Instrument type      : Aquatrak acoustic gauge, NOAA                        
                           Next Generation Water Level Measuring System         
                           (NGWLMS) with a Sutron 9000 DCP                      
                                                                                
    Tide gauge benchmark description : Not available at present.                
    Auxiliary benchmarks : Not available at present.                            
    Datum Information    : The sea level heights are referred to the zero       
                           point assigned to the tide gauge.                    
                                                                                
    Parameters :                                                                
                                                                                
            Period  Parameters      CI%     Sample interval                     
            ------  ---------       ---     ---------------                     
             2000    ASLVZZ01        80       60 minutes                        
                                                                                
    Where ASLVZZ01 = Sea Level (metres)                                         
                                                                                
    Quality Assessment :                                                        
                                                                                
    Comment : All data have been compared with the current Harmonic Constants   
              Library, and residuals checked.  Records have been visually       
              inspected for spikes, datum shifts and timing errors.             
                                                                                
            Period  Parameter     Missing data       Suspect data               
            ------  ---------     ------------       ------------               
             2000    ASLVZZ01     001-072,097-098    317-366