Make A Graph

Dataset Title:	Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) Regional Wave Model: Kauai
Institution:	Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) (Dataset ID: swan_kauai)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

To work correctly, this web page requires that JavaScript be enabled in your browser. Please:
1) Enable JavaScript in your browser:
      • Chrome: "Settings : Advanced : Privacy and security : Site Settings : JavaScript"
      • Firefox: (it should be always on!)"
      • Opera: "Settings : Websites : JavaScript"
      • Safari: "Safari : Preferences : Security : Enable JavaScript"
2) Reload this web page.

Graph Type:
X Axis:
Y Axis:
Color:

Dimensions

Start

Stop

time (UTC)

specify just 1 value →

depth (m)

specify just 1 value →

latitude (degrees_north)

longitude (degrees_east)

Graph Settings
Color Bar:	Continuity:	Scale:
Minimum:	Maximum:	N Sections:
Draw land mask:
Y Axis Minimum:	Maximum:

(Please be patient. It may take a while to get the data.)

Optional:
Then set the File Type: (File Type information)
and

or view the URL:
(Documentation / Bypass this form

)

Click on the map to specify a new center point.

Zoom:

[The graph you specified. Please be patient.]

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:

Web page authors can embed a graph of the latest data in a web page using HTML <img> tags.
Anyone can use ERDDAPs Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs with the latest data (or other images or HTML content), each in its own, draggable slide.

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.278018e+9, 1.7307432e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "proleptic_gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Forecast time for ForecastModelRunCollection";
    Float64 missing_value NaN;
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 0.0;
    String axis "Z";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Depth";
    String positive "down";
    String short_name "depth";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String units "m";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 21.7, 22.35;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String short_name "lat";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range 199.65, 200.8;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String short_name "lon";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  mdir {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time z lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "mean wave direction";
    String short_name "mdir";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_from_direction";
    String units "degrees";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 360.0;
  }
  mper {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time z lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "mean wave period";
    String short_name "mper";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment";
    String units "second";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 30.0;
  }
  pdir {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time z lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "peak wave direction";
    String short_name "pdir";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_from_direction";
    String units "degrees";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 360.0;
  }
  pper {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time z lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "peak wave period";
    String short_name "pper";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum";
    String units "second";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 30.0;
  }
  shgt {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time z lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "significant wave height";
    String short_name "hs";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_significant_height";
    String units "meters";
    Float32 valid_range 0.0, 20.0;
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _CoordSysBuilder "ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.CF1Convention";
    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 Kwok Fai Cheung (cheung@hawaii.edu).";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "cheung@hawaii.edu";
    String creator_institution "University of Hawaii at Manoa";
    String creator_name "Kwok Fai Cheung";
    String creator_type "person";
    String creator_url "https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ore/people/faculty/kwok-fai-cheung/";
    String date_created "2010-06-29";
    String date_issued "2010-06-29";
    String date_metadata_modified "2021-03-30";
    String date_modified "2010-06-29";
    String defaultGraphQuery "shgt";
    String drawLandMask "off";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 200.8;
    String geospatial_bounds "POLYGON ((21.7 -160.35, 22.35 -160.35, 22.35 -159.2, 21.7 -159.2, 21.7 -160.35))";
    String geospatial_bounds_crs "EPSG:4326";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 22.35;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 21.7;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.005000000000000017;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 200.8;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 199.65;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.005000000000000024;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2010-06-29T00:00:00Z New dataset. ;
FMRC Best Dataset
2024-10-30T20:47:42Z https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/swan_kauai/SWAN_Kauai_Regional_Wave_Model_best.ncd
2024-10-30T20:47:42Z https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/griddap/swan_kauai.das";
    String id "swan_kauai";
    String infoUrl "https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/waves/model-kauai/";
    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 Waves > Significant Wave Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction, 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 location "Proto fmrc:SWAN_Kauai_Regional_Wave_Model";
    String locations "Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii, Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai, Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau";
    String locations_vocabulary "GCMD Location Keywords";
    String metadata_link "https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/swan_kauai.html";
    String naming_authority "org.pacioos";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 22.35;
    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://swanmodel.sourceforge.net";
    String source "Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) numerical wave model";
    String sourceUrl "https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/swan_kauai/SWAN_Kauai_Regional_Wave_Model_best.ncd";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 21.7;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v39";
    String summary "Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) regional wave model 7-day output with a 5-day hourly forecast for the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau at approximately 500-m resolution. This high-resolution model is utilized to capture shallow water effects and nearshore coastal dynamics such as refracting, shoaling, and smaller scale shadowing. It is run directly after the Hawaii regional WaveWatch III (WW3) wave model (ww3_hawaii) has completed. Please note that some of the nested model setup is still in the testing and validation phase. While considerable effort has been made to implement all model components in a thorough, correct, and accurate manner, numerous sources of error are possible. As such, please use these data with the caution appropriate for any ocean related activity.";
    String testOutOfDate "now+105hours";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-11-04T18:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "PT1H";
    String time_coverage_start "2010-07-01T21:00:00Z";
    String title "Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) Regional Wave Model: Kauai";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 199.65;
  }
}

Using griddap to Request Data and Graphs from Gridded Datasets

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)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its projection 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.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form. It makes the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

griddap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
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)]
Thus, the query is often a data variable name (e.g., analysed_sst), followed by [(start):stride:(stop)] (or a shorter variation of that) for each of the variable's dimensions (for example, [time][latitude][longitude]).

For details, see the griddap Documentation.