Fg. 5. Yearly variation of the occurrence frequency of erroneous maximum observation depth. The frequencies for various excess ratios (the maximum observation depth divided by water depth) are shown by different shades:no shade (white) for excess ratio from 10 to 125%, the light shade from 125 to 190%, medium shade frorn 190 to 260%, and heavy shade larger than 260%. The large excess ratio appears mainly in the years between 1974 and 1977, when mismatched data sheets were used.