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Dataset Title:  E01 Aanderaa - Surface Currents   RSS
Institution:  Univ. of Maine   (Dataset ID: E01_aanderaa_all)
Range: longitude = -69.35588 to -69.35413°E, latitude = 43.7148 to 43.7155°N, depth = 2.0 to 2.0m, time = 2001-07-09T12:00:00Z to 2024-03-19T09:00:00Z
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Things You Can Do With Your Graphs

Well, you can do anything you want with your graphs, of course. But some things you might not have considered are:

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  station {
    String cf_role "timeseries_id";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Station E01";
  }
  time {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 512;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 9.9468e+8, 1.7108388e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  mooring_site_desc {
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Station Description";
  }
  current_speed {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 935;
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 3.0;
    Float32 actual_range -999.0, 837.9581;
    String ancillary_variables "current_speed_qc";
    Float64 calibration_coeffs 0.0, 0.2933, 0.0, 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1200.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    Int32 epic_code 300;
    Float32 instrument_range 0.0, 300.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    Float64 is_dead 0.0;
    String long_name "Current Speed";
    String measurement_type "Measured";
    Float64 precision 0.3;
    String short_name "CSPD";
    String standard_name "sea_water_velocity";
    String units "cm/s";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 300.0;
  }
  current_speed_qc {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 3270;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 99;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 128.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String flag_meanings "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional";
    Byte flag_values 0, 1, 2;
    String intent "data_quality";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Current Speed Quality";
    String short_name "CSPDQC";
    String standard_name "sea_water_velocity data_quality";
    String units "1";
    Byte valid_range -127, 127;
  }
  current_direction {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 935;
    Float32 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 5.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.1284, 359.8768;
    String ancillary_variables "current_direction_qc";
    Float64 calibration_coeffs 0.0, 0.3516, 0.0, 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment "Rotated to true north using magnetic_variation";
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    Int32 epic_code 310;
    Float32 instrument_range 0.0, 360.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    Float64 is_dead 0.0;
    String long_name "Current Direction";
    String measurement_type "Measured";
    Float64 precision 0.35;
    String short_name "CDIR";
    String standard_name "direction_of_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "angular_degrees";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 360.0;
  }
  current_direction_qc {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 3270;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 99;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 128.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String flag_meanings "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional";
    Byte flag_values 0, 1, 2;
    String intent "data_quality";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Current Direction QC";
    String short_name "CDIRQC";
    String standard_name "direction_of_sea_water_velocity data_quality";
    String units "1";
    Byte valid_range -127, 127;
  }
  temperature {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 935;
    Float32 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 0.05;
    Float32 actual_range -0.4804766, 22.65548;
    String ancillary_variables "temperature_qc";
    Float64 calibration_coeffs -0.6993, 0.03419, -6.292e-6, 4.8e-9;
    String calibration_type "Wide Range";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    Int32 epic_code 20;
    Float32 instrument_range -0.64, 32.87;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    Int32 is_dead 0;
    String long_name "Water Temperature";
    String measurement_type "Measured";
    Float64 precision 0.003;
    String short_name "WT";
    String standard_name "sea_water_temperature";
    String units "celsius";
    Float32 valid_range -0.5, 30.0;
  }
  temperature_qc {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 3270;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 99;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 128.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String flag_meanings "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional";
    Byte flag_values 0, 1, 2;
    String intent "data_quality";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Water Temperature QC";
    String short_name "WTQC";
    String standard_name "sea_water_temperature data_quality";
    String units "1";
    Byte valid_range -127, 127;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -69.35588, -69.35413;
    String axis "X";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 43.7148, 43.7155;
    String axis "Y";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float32 actual_range 2.0, 2.0;
    String axis "Z";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String colorBarPalette "OceanDepth";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Depth";
    String positive "down";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String units "m";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String aanderaa_manufacturer "Aanderaa Instruments";
    String aanderaa_model "RCM9 MkII";
    String aanderaa_serial_number "AANCM706";
    String algorithm_ids 
"AANCM_Currents_1.5:  10-Sep-2020 22:27:23
AANCM_Temperature_1.5:  10-Sep-2020 22:27:23";
    Int32 averaging_period 2;
    String averaging_period_units "Minutes";
    Int32 breakout_id 5;
    String buffer_type "aanderaa";
    String cdm_data_type "TimeSeries";
    String cdm_timeseries_variables "station, longitude, latitude";
    String clock_time "Center of period";
    String contact "[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String creator_email "[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]";
    String creator_name "Neal Pettigrew";
    String creator_url "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu";
    String defaultGraphQuery "time,current_speed&time%3E=now-7days&.draw=lines&.color=0x000000";
    Int32 delta_t 60;
    String depth_datum "Sea Level";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -69.35413;
    Float64 ending_julian_day_number 59380.54166666651;
    String ending_julian_day_string "2021-06-15 13:00:00";
    String featureType "TimeSeries";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 43.7155;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 43.7148;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -69.35413;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -69.35588;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 2.0;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 2.0;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "down";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String goes_platform_id "044200A0";
    String history 
"2020-09-16 05:51:09:  Modified [lon,lat] to [-69.354128,43.714953].
Wed Sep 16 04:44:50 2020: /usr/local/bin/ncrcat -d time,59108.0499999998,59110.0499999998 E0140.aanderaa.realtime.nc E0140.aanderaa.realtime.nc.new

2024-03-19T11:19:33Z (local files)
2024-03-19T11:19:33Z http://www.neracoos.org/tabledap/E01_aanderaa_all.das";
    String id "E01-aanderaa";
    String infoUrl "http://www.neracoos.org/";
    String institution "Univ. of Maine";
    String institution_url "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu";
    String julian_day_convention "Julian date convention begins at 00:00:00 UTC on 17 November 1858 AD";
    String keywords "aanderaa, b01, buoy, chemistry, chlorophyll, circulation, component, conductivity, current, current_direction data_quality, current_speed data_quality, current_u data_quality, current_v data_quality, currents, data, density, department, depth, direction, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Sea Level Pressure, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Density, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, east, eastward, eastward_sea_water_velocity, height, level, maine, marine, name, neracoos, north, northward, northward_sea_water_velocity, o2, ocean, oceanography, oceans, optics, oxygen, period, physical, pressure, quality, salinity, school, sciences, sea, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_velocity, seawater, sensor, significant, speed, station, station_name, surface, temperature, temperature data_quality, time, turbidity, university, velocity, water, wave, waves, winds";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    Float64 latitude 43.7149534225464;
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String long_name "E01 Central Maine Shelf Aanderaa";
    Float64 longitude -69.3541278839111;
    Float64 magnetic_variation -15.6;
    String Metadata_Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String mooring_site_id "E0140";
    String mooring_type "Slack";
    String naming_authority "edu.maine";
    Int32 nco_openmp_thread_number 1;
    String ndbc_site_id "44032";
    String neracoos_data_provider "UMO";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 43.7155;
    Int32 number_observations_per_hour 1;
    Int32 number_samples_per_observation 120;
    String original_title "Department of Physical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine E01 Aanderaa Buoy Sensor";
    String position_datum "WGS 84";
    String processing "realtime";
    String project "NERACOOS";
    String project_url "http://gomoos.org";
    String publisher "NERACOOS";
    String publisher_email "[email protected]";
    String publisher_name "Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)";
    String publisher_phone "(603) 319 1785";
    String publisher_url "http://www.neracoos.org/";
    String references "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/doc/buoy_system_doc/buoy_system/book1.html";
    String short_name "E01";
    String source "Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 43.7148;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-1.6";
    Float64 starting_julian_day_number 59108.08333333349;
    String starting_julian_day_string "2020-09-16 02:00:00";
    String station_name "E01";
    String station_photo "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/gomoos/images/generic_buoy.png";
    String station_type "Surface Mooring";
    String subsetVariables "station, longitude, latitude, depth";
    String summary "Ocean observation data from the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal & Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS). The NERACOOS region includes the northeast United States and Canadian Maritime provinces, as part of the United States Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).  These data are served by Unidata's Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services (THREDDS) Data Server (TDS) in a variety of interoperable data services and output formats.";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-03-19T09:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2001-07-09T12:00:00Z";
    String time_zone "UTC";
    String title "E01 Aanderaa - Surface Currents";
    String uscg_light_list_letter "E";
    String uscg_light_list_number "30 (4935)";
    Int32 watch_circle_radius 50;
    Float64 water_depth 100.0;
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -69.35588;
  }
}

 

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link) Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link) and its selection constraints (external link).

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.


 
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