Global Ocean Currents NetCDF Format Description Version 3

Feature Type: Point

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Global Attribute Section
Attribute Name	Attribute Value
acknowledgment	These data were acquired from the US NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on [DATE] from http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/gocd/.
cdm_data_type	Point
comment	Hourly Surface Current Maps from Long-Range High Frequency Radar, Columbia River.
contributor_name	P. Michael Kosro
contributor_role	Data Orginator
Conventions	CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
creator_email	Charles.Sun@noaa.gov
creator_name	Charles Sun
creator_url	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/gocd/
date_created	2016-05-20T18:14:25Z
date_issued	2016-05-20T18:14:25Z
date_modified	2016-05-20T18:14:25Z
featureType	Point
geospatial_lat_min	44.7015
geospatial_lat_max	47.6715
geospatial_lat_units	degrees_north
geospatial_lat_resolution	point
geospatial_lon_min	-125.9675
geospatial_lon_max	-124.0127
geospatial_lon_units	degrees_east
geospatial_lon_resolution	point
geospatial_vertical_min	0.
geospatial_vertical_max	0.
geospatial_vertical_units	meters
geospatial_vertical_resolution	point
geospatial_vertical_positive	down
gocd_format_version	GOCD-3.0
gocd_id	gocd_a0050195_manhattan-or_2004-06-01-0000.nc
history	2016-05-20T18:14:25Z csun convA0050195.R 1.0
id	0093183
institution	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
instrument_type	Seasonde High Frequency Radar (HFR)
keywords	EARTH SCIENCE,OCEANS,OCEAN CIRCULATION,OCEAN CURRENTS
keywords_vocabulary	GCMD Science Keywords
license	These data are openly available to the public Please acknowledge the use of these data with the text given in the acknowledgment attribute.
Metadata_Conventions	Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0
naming_authority	gov.noaa.ncei
ncei_template_version	NCEI_NetCDF_Point_Template_v2.0
processing_level	Level 2
project	River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems (RISE) (NCEI Project ID 565)
publisher_email	NCDI.info@noaa.gov
publisher_name	US DOC; NESDIS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION - IN295
publisher_url	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov
references	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
source	global ocean currents in the NCEI archive holdings
standard_name_vocabulary	NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
summary	global ocean currents in the NCEI archive holdings
time_coverage_start	2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
time_coverage_end	2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
time_coverage_duration	P0Y000DT00H00M00S
time_coverage_resolution	R000001/2004-06-01T00:00:00Z/P0Y000DT00H00M00S
title	Global Ocean Currents Data - gocd_a0050195_manhattan-or_2004-06-01-0000.nc
uuid	51f23aec-9307-4a12-a93d-104239b1275d

Variable Metadata Section
Variable ID Number	Variable Name	Variable Type	Number of Attributes	Number of Dimensions
1	crs	int	6	0
2	depth	float	8	1
3	latitude	float	10	1
4	longitude	float	10	1
5	time	double	10	0
6	u	float	13	1
7	v	float	13	1

Data Metadata Section
Variable Name (Dimension Name(s))	Variable Type	Attribute Name	Attribute Value
crs	int
		long_name	Coordinate Reference System
		grid_mapping_name	latitude_longitude
		epsg_code	EPSG:4326
		longitude_of_prime_meridian	0.0
		semi_major_axis	6378137.0
		inverse_flattening	298.257223563
depth ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Depth
		standard_name	depth
		positive	down
		data_min	0.
		data_max	0.
		C_format	%7.2f
		FORTRAN_format	F7.2
latitude ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Latitude
		standard_name	latitude
		units	degrees_north
		axis	Y
		grid_mapping	crs
		data_min	44.7015
		data_max	47.6715
		valid_min	-90.
		valid_max	90.
longitude ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Longitude
		standard_name	longitude
		units	degrees_east
		axis	X
		grid_mapping	crs
		data_min	-125.9675
		data_max	-124.0127
		valid_min	-180.
		valid_max	180.
time	double
		units	days since 1900-01-01 00:00:00
		_FillValue	9999.9
		long_name	time
		standard_name	time
		cf_role
		axis	T
		data_min	38137.0000011574
		data_max	38137.0000011574
		C_format	%9.4f
		FORTRAN_format	F9.4
u ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Surface Eastward Velocity Component
		standard_name	surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity
		units	m s-1
		coordinates	time latitude longitude depth
		grid_mapping	crs
		cell_methods	time: point
		data_min	-0.034
		data_max	0.311
		valid_min	-5.
		valid_max	5.
		C_format	%7.4f
		FORTRAN_format	F7.4
v ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Surface Northward Velocity Component
		standard_name	surface_northward_sea_water_velocity
		units	m s-1
		coordinates	time latitude longitude depth
		grid_mapping	crs
		cell_methods	time: point
		data_min	-0.291
		data_max	0.231
		valid_min	-5.
		valid_max	5.
		C_format	%7.4f
		FORTRAN_format	F7.4