Kushimoto (Japan) Data Quality Assessment
Quality assessment of sea level data by the TOGA Sea Level Center/National Oceanographic Data Center Joint Archive for Sea Level
| Station | Kushimoto | Latitude | 33° 28.0' N |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Japan | Longitude | 135° 47.0' E |
| JASL # | 353A | Time Meridian | 135° E (GMT + 9 hr) |
| GLOSS # | 085 | TOGA # | none |
| NODC # | 13133501 |
| Contributor: | Japan Ocean. Data Center, Hydrographic Dept. Maritime Safety Agency, 3-1, Tsukiji, 5-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104 Japan |
|---|---|
| Originator: | Same |
| Original Data: | Unconfirmed |
| Instrument Type: | FUESS |
| Digitized Interval: | Unconfirmed |
| Present Data: | Hourly, daily, and monthly values obtained by: |
| Hourly: | Unconfirmed |
| Daily: | 119-point convolution filter (Bloomfield, 1976) centred 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 January 1961 - 30 November 1968 |
| Gaps > 1 Month: | None |
| Time Reference: | GMT (hours 00-23) |
| Space-filler Flag: | -9999 |
| Units: | Millimeters |
| Missing Data Flag: | 99999 |
| Reference Level: | All data are referred to tide gauge zero and linked to historic fixed bench marks. |
| Comment: | The daily or monthly means do not reveal any obvious reference level shifts. Most questionable fluctuations are related to atmospheric or oceanographic events. Data spikes of about 10 cm or less have not been corrected. |
