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Dataset Title:  Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Regional Atmospheric Model: Samoa Subscribe RSS
Institution:  Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)   (Dataset ID: wrf_samoa)
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Dimensions ? Start ? Stride ? Stop ?  Size ?    Spacing ?
 time (UTC) ?      97523    1h 0m 17s (uneven)
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?      155    0.02681026 (uneven)
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 longitude (degrees_east) ?      196    0.02763897 (even)
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Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables) 
 Tair (air temperature at 2m, Celsius) ?
 Uwind (u-wind component at 10m, meter second-1) ?
 Vwind (v-wind component at 10m, meter second-1) ?
 rain (rainfall rate, kilogram meter-2 second-1) ?
 Qair (surface air relative humidity, %) ?
 Pair (surface air pressure, millibar) ?
 lwrad_down (net longwave radiation flux, Watts meter-2) ?
 swrad (solar shortwave radiation flux, Watts meter-2) ?

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.3811472e+9, 1.7338752e+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";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -16.07504, -11.94626;
    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 -174.0714, -168.6818;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  Tair {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 15.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "air temperature at 2m";
    String standard_name "air_temperature";
    String time "time";
    String units "Celsius";
  }
  Uwind {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -20.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "u-wind component at 10m";
    String standard_name "eastward_wind";
    String time "time";
    String units "meter second-1";
  }
  Vwind {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -20.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "v-wind component at 10m";
    String standard_name "northward_wind";
    String time "time";
    String units "meter second-1";
  }
  rain {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float32 colorBarMaximum 0.005;
    Float32 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Meteorology";
    String long_name "rainfall rate";
    String standard_name "precipitation_flux";
    String time "time";
    String units "kilogram meter-2 second-1";
  }
  Qair {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Meteorology";
    String long_name "surface air relative humidity";
    String standard_name "relative_humidity";
    String time "time";
    String units "%";
  }
  Pair {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Pressure";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1025.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 625.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Pressure";
    String long_name "surface air pressure";
    String standard_name "surface_air_pressure";
    String time "time";
    String units "millibar";
  }
  lwrad_down {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 500.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 100.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Meteorology";
    String long_name "net longwave radiation flux";
    String negative_value "upward flux, cooling";
    String positive_value "downward flux, heating";
    String standard_name "surface_net_downward_longwave_flux";
    String time "time";
    String units "Watts meter-2";
  }
  swrad {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 155, 196;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1200.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coordinates "time_run time lat lon";
    String ioos_category "Meteorology";
    String long_name "solar shortwave radiation flux";
    String negative_value "upward flux, cooling";
    String positive_value "downward flux, heating";
    String standard_name "surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux";
    String time "time";
    String units "Watts meter-2";
  }
  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 Yi-Leng Chen (yileng@hawaii.edu).";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "yileng@hawaii.edu";
    String creator_institution "University of Hawaii at Manoa";
    String creator_name "Yi-Leng Chen";
    String creator_type "person";
    String creator_url "https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Faculty/chen/chen_index.html";
    String date_created "2013-10-07";
    String date_issued "2013-10-07";
    String date_metadata_modified "2021-03-25";
    String date_modified "2017-08-01";
    String drawLandMask "under";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -168.6818;
    String geospatial_bounds "POLYGON ((-16.075 -174.071, -11.9463 -174.071, -11.9463 -168.682, -16.075 -168.682, -16.075 -174.071))";
    String geospatial_bounds_crs "EPSG:4326";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max -11.94626;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -16.07504;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -168.6818;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -174.0714;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.027638974358974368;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2013-10-07T00:00:00Z Native curvilinear WRF re-gridded to regular grid by PacIOOS (M. Hsu).
2017-08-23T00:00:00Z Native curvilinear WRF now re-gridded to regular grid by PacIOOS ROMS group (D. Partridge). ;
FMRC Best Dataset
2024-12-05T19:17:41Z https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/wrf_samoa/WRF_Samoa_Regional_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd
2024-12-05T19:17:41Z https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/griddap/wrf_samoa.das";
    String id "wrf_samoa";
    String infoUrl "https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Faculty/wrf/arw/";
    String institution "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)";
    String instrument "Not Applicable > Not Applicable";
    String instrument_vocabulary "GCMD Instrument Keywords";
    String ISO_Topic_Categories "climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere";
    String keywords "Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Surface Pressure, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Longwave Radiation, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Shortwave Radiation, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain, 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:WRF_Samoa_Regional_Atmospheric_Model";
    String locations "Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa, Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Samoa";
    String locations_vocabulary "GCMD Location Keywords";
    String metadata_link "https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/wrf_samoa.html";
    String naming_authority "org.pacioos";
    String NCO "netCDF Operators version 4.9.1 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing -11.94626;
    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 "https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/weather-research-and-forecasting-model; http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/";
    String source "Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW) numerical weather prediction model";
    String sourceUrl "https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/wrf_samoa/WRF_Samoa_Regional_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -16.07504;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v39";
    String summary "Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) mesoscale numerical weather prediction model 7-day hourly forecast for the region surrounding the islands of Samoa at approximately 3-km resolution. Uses the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) dynamical solver developed and maintained by the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Model runs produced at the University of Hawaii by Yi-Leng Chen.";
    String testOutOfDate "now+5days";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-12-11T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "PT1H";
    String time_coverage_start "2013-10-07T12:00:00Z";
    String title "Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Regional Atmospheric Model: Samoa";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -174.0714;
  }
}

 

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