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Dataset Title:	Surface CUrrents from a Diagnostic model (SCUD): Pacific, Lon+/-180
Institution:	Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) (Dataset ID: scud_pac_lon180)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.3319424e+9, 1.7300736e+9;
    String axis "T";
    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";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -70.125, 61.875;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -179.875, 179.875;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  u {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.15;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.15;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "sea water velocity: eastward component";
    Float32 missing_value -9999.0;
    String standard_name "eastward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "meter second-1";
  }
  v {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.15;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.15;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "sea water velocity: northward component";
    Float32 missing_value -9999.0;
    String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "meter second-1";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String acknowledgement "The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String comment "Model runs produced by Nikolai Maximenko (maximenk@hawaii.edu).";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String CreatedBy "IPRC/SOEST U. of Hawaii";
    String CreatedOn "2024-10-27 03:04:29 HST";
    String creator_email "maximenk@hawaii.edu";
    String creator_institution "University of Hawaii at Manoa";
    String creator_name "Nikolai A. Maximenko";
    String creator_type "person";
    String creator_url "https://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/people/person.php?username=maximenko";
    String date_created "2012-03-17";
    String date_issued "2012-03-17";
    String date_metadata_modified "2021-03-30";
    String date_modified "2012-03-17";
    String defaultGraphQuery ".draw=vectors";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.875;
    String File_type "gridded lat/lon";
    String geospatial_bounds "POLYGON ((-70.125 119.875, 61.875 119.875, 61.875 180.0, -70.125 180.0, -70.125 119.875), (-70.125 -180.0, 61.875 -180.0, 61.875 -68.125, -70.125 -68.125, -70.125 -180.0))";
    String geospatial_bounds_crs "EPSG:4326";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 61.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -70.125;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2012-03-17T00:00:00Z PacIOOS distribution begins.
2024-10-30T20:47:54Z https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/scud_pac
2024-10-30T20:47:54Z https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/griddap/scud_pac_lon180.das";
    String id "scud_pac";
    String infoUrl "http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/SCUD/";
    String institution "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)";
    String instrument "Not Applicable > Not Applicable";
    String instrument_vocabulary "GCMD Instrument Keywords";
    String ISO_Topic_Categories "oceans";
    String keywords "Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, Earth Science Services > Models > Ocean General Circulation Models (OGCM)/Regional Ocean Models, Earth Science Services > Models > Weather Research/Forecast Models";
    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, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii 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 locations "Ocean > Pacific Ocean";
    String locations_vocabulary "GCMD Location Keywords";
    String metadata_link "https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/scud_pac.html";
    String naming_authority "org.pacioos";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 61.875;
    String platform "Models/Analyses > > Operational Models";
    String platform_vocabulary "GCMD Platform Keywords";
    String program "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)";
    String project "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)";
    String publisher_email "info@pacioos.org";
    String publisher_institution "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)";
    String publisher_name "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)";
    String publisher_type "institution";
    String publisher_url "http://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu";
    String references "http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/SCUD/";
    String source "Surface CUrrents from a Diagnostic model (SCUD), http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/SCUD/";
    String sourceUrl "https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/scud_pac";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -70.125;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v39";
    String summary "The SCUD data product is an estimate of upper-ocean velocities computed from a diagnostic model (Surface CUrrents from a Diagnostic model). This model makes daily estimates of ocean currents by combining geostrophic and Ekman currents. The estimate is computed through derived coefficients such that the results best match ocean drifting buoys. The currents therefore are a best-estimate of currents at 15 meters (drifting buoys are drogued at 15 meters). The dataset is intended to diagnose trajectories of a tracer floating near the surface such as marine debris, oil spills, etc. The data are provided on a 1/4-degree grid for the Pacific.";
    String testOutOfDate "now-46hours";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-10-28T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "P1D";
    String time_coverage_start "2012-03-17T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Surface CUrrents from a Diagnostic model (SCUD): Pacific, Lon+/-180";
    String Version "v 1.0";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.875;
  }
}

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griddap lets you request a data subset, graph, or map from a gridded dataset (for example, sea surface temperature data from a satellite), via a specially formed URL. griddap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

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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.

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griddap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
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https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
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