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Dataset Title:  J04 Aanderaa Buoy Sensor (Machias Bay)   RSS
Institution:  NERACOOS   (Dataset ID: J04_aanderaa_all)
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 station (J04 Machias Bay Aanderaa) ?              
 mooring_site_desc (Station Description) ?              
 water_depth (Water depth at station) ?          80.0    80.0
 time (UTC) ?          2018-07-20T15:00:00Z    2019-04-05T14:20:00Z
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 current_speed (cm/s) ?          0.2933    84.7637
 current_speed_qc (Current Speed Quality, 1) ?      
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 current_direction (angular_degrees) ?          0.0252    359.6736
 current_direction_qc (1) ?      
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 current_u (cm/s) ?          -42.67477    35.02438
 current_u_qc (1) ?          0    0
 current_v (cm/s) ?          -78.28493    66.74471
 current_v_qc (1) ?          0    0
 temperature (Water Temperature, celsius) ?          0.2996668    16.08304
 temperature_qc (Water Temperature QC, 1) ?      
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 conductivity ?              
 conductivity_qc ?      
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 salinity ?              
 salinity_qc ?      
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 sigma_t ?              
 sigma_t_qc ?      
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 time_created (Time Record Created, UTC) ?          2018-08-07T03:30:15Z    2019-04-05T15:10:04Z
 time_modified (Time Record Last Modified, UTC) ?          2018-08-07T03:30:15Z    2019-04-05T15:10:04Z
 longitude (degrees_east) ?          -67.3622    -67.3622
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?          44.6063    44.6063
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 depth (m) ?      
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  station {
    String cf_role "timeseries_id";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "J04 Machias Bay Aanderaa";
    String short_name "J04";
  }
  mooring_site_desc {
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Station Description";
  }
  water_depth {
    Float32 actual_range 80.0, 80.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Water depth at station";
  }
  time {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 512;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.5320988e+9, 1.5544739999999819e+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";
  }
  current_speed {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 974;
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 3.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.2933, 84.7637;
    String ancillary_variables "current_speed_qc";
    Float64 calibration_coeffs 0.0, 0.2933, 0.0, 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 400.0;
    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 3701;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 0;
    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 974;
    Float32 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 5.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.0252, 359.6736;
    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 3701;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 0;
    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;
  }
  current_u {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 974;
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 3.0;
    Float32 actual_range -42.67477, 35.02438;
    String ancillary_variables "current_u_qc";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String dependency "current_speed, current_direction, current_v";
    Float32 instrument_range -300.0, 300.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    Float64 is_dead 0.0;
    String long_name "East Current Velocity Component";
    String measurement_type "Derived";
    Float64 precision 0.1;
    String short_name "u";
    String standard_name "eastward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "cm/s";
    Float32 valid_range -300.0, 300.0;
  }
  current_u_qc {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 3701;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 0;
    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 "East Current Velocity Component QC";
    String short_name "UQC";
    String standard_name "eastward_sea_water_velocity data_quality";
    String units "1";
    Byte valid_range -127, 127;
  }
  current_v {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 974;
    Float32 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 3.0;
    Float32 actual_range -78.28493, 66.74471;
    String ancillary_variables "current_v_qc";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String dependency "current_speed, current_direction, current_u";
    Float32 instrument_range -300.0, 300.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    Float64 is_dead 0.0;
    String long_name "North Current Velocity Component";
    String measurement_type "Derived";
    Float64 precision 0.1;
    String short_name "v";
    String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "cm/s";
    Float32 valid_range -300.0, 300.0;
  }
  current_v_qc {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 3701;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 0;
    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 "North Current Velocity Component QC";
    String short_name "VQC";
    String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity data_quality";
    String units "1";
    Byte valid_range -127, 127;
  }
  temperature {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 974;
    Float32 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 accuracy 0.05;
    Float32 actual_range 0.2996668, 16.08304;
    String ancillary_variables "temperature_qc";
    Float64 calibration_coeffs -0.7217, 0.03423, -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 3701;
    Byte _FillValue -128;
    Byte actual_range 0, 0;
    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;
  }
  conductivity {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 40.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 30.0;
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
  }
  conductivity_qc {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 128.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Quality";
  }
  salinity {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 37.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 32.0;
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
  }
  salinity_qc {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 128.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Quality";
  }
  sigma_t {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 28.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 20.0;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
  }
  sigma_t_qc {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 128.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
  }
  time_created {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 501;
    Float64 actual_range 1.533612615041151e+9, 1.5544770048379078e+9;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 120000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time Record Created";
    String short_name "time_cr";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    Float64 valid_range 0.0, 99999.0;
  }
  time_modified {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 501;
    Float64 actual_range 1.533612615041151e+9, 1.5544770048379078e+9;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 120000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time lon lat depth";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time Record Last Modified";
    String short_name "time_mod";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    Float64 valid_range 0.0, 99999.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -67.3622, -67.3622;
    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 44.6063, 44.6063;
    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 "AANCM970";
    String algorithm_ids 
"AANCM_Currents_1.5:  07-Aug-2018 03:30:18
AANCM_Temperature_1.5:  07-Aug-2018 03:30:18";
    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 20;
    String depth_datum "Sea Level";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -67.3622;
    Float64 ending_julian_day_number 58578.625;
    String ending_julian_day_string "2019-04-05 15:00:00";
    String featureType "TimeSeries";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 44.6063;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 44.6063;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -67.3622;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -67.3622;
    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 history 
"Fri Apr  5 18:22:58 2019: ncrcat -d time,51000.00,58578.6007 J0401.aanderaa.realtime.nc new.nc

2024-03-19T02:31:11Z (local files)
2024-03-19T02:31:11Z http://www.neracoos.org/erddap/tabledap/J04_aanderaa_all.html";
    String id "J04-aanderaa";
    String infoUrl "http://www.neracoos.org/";
    String institution "NERACOOS";
    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, buoy, chemistry, chlorophyll, circulation, component, conductivity, conductivity data_quality, created, current, currents, data, density, department, depth, direction, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, direction_of_sea_water_velocity data_quality, e05, e0501, 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, eastward_sea_water_velocity data_quality, electrical, height, last, level, maine, marine, modified, name, neracoos, north, northward, northward_sea_water_velocity, northward_sea_water_velocity data_quality, o2, ocean, oceanography, oceans, optics, oxygen, period, physical, pressure, quality, realtime, record, salinity, school, sciences, sea, sea_water_density, sea_water_density data_quality, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_salinity data_quality, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_temperature data_quality, sea_water_velocity, sea_water_velocity data_quality, seawater, sensor, sigma, sigmat, significant, speed, station, station_name, surface, temperature, time, turbidity, university, velocity, water, wave, waves, winds";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    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 "Buoy J03";
    Float64 magnetic_variation -16.5;
    String Metadata_Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String mooring_site_id "J0401";
    String mooring_type "Slack";
    String naming_authority "edu.maine";
    Int32 nco_openmp_thread_number 1;
    String ndbc_site_id "0";
    String neracoos_data_provider "UMO";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 44.6063;
    Int32 number_observations_per_hour 3;
    Int32 number_samples_per_observation 120;
    String original_title "Department of Physical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine J0301 Aanderaa realtime 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 "J04";
    String source "Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 44.6063;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-1.6";
    Float64 starting_julian_day_number 58319.625;
    String starting_julian_day_string "2018-07-20 15:00:00";
    String station_name "J04";
    String station_photo "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/gomoos/images/generic_buoy.png";
    String station_type "Surface Mooring";
    String subsetVariables "depth,current_speed_qc,current_direction_qc,temperature_qc,conductivity_qc,salinity_qc,sigma_t_qc";
    String summary "Ocean observation data from the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal &amp; 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 "2019-04-05T14:20:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2018-07-20T15:00:00Z";
    String time_zone "UTC";
    String title "J04 Aanderaa Buoy Sensor (Machias Bay)";
    String uscg_light_list_letter "D";
    Int32 watch_circle_radius 40;
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -67.3622;
  }
}

 

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