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Dataset Title:  USM VIIRS Dynamic Anomaly Properties   RSS
Institution:  University of Southern Mississippi   (Dataset ID: USM_VIIRS_DAP)
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 524288;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.3885344e+9, 1.5403392e+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";
  }
  longitude {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 2666;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -99.0, -79.0125;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 2320;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 14.988899999999997, 30.99;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  CHL_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "8-day chlorophyll-a";
    String standard_name "chlor_a";
    String units "mg/m3";
  }
  CHL_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "8-week chlorophyll-a";
    String standard_name "chlor_a";
    String units "mg/m3";
  }
  CHL_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "chlorophyll-a anomaly";
    String standard_name "chlor_a";
    String units "mg/m3";
  }
  CHL_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "8-week chlorophyll-a std dev";
    String standard_name "chlor_a";
    String units "mg/m3";
  }
  CHL_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week chlorophyll-a 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "chlor_a_1_std_dev_mask";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  CHL_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week chlorophyll-a 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "chlor_a_2_std_dev_mask";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  CHL_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week chlorophyll-a 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "chlor_a_3_std_dev_mask";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  CHL_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week chlorophyll-a 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "chlor_a_4_std_dev_mask";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  BB551_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-day backscattering coefficient at 551nm";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  BB551_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week backscattering coefficient at 551nm";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  BB551_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "8-week backscattering coefficient at 551nm std dev";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  BB551_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "backscattering coefficient at 551nm anomaly";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  BB551_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "backscattering coefficient at 551nm 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  BB551_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "backscattering coefficient at 551nm 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  BB551_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "backscattering coefficient at 551nm 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  BB551_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "backscattering coefficient at 551nm 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "bb_551";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  A443_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-day absorption coefficient at 443nm";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  A443_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week absorption coefficient at 443nm";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  A443_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "8-week absorption coefficient at 443nm std dev";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  A443_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "absorption coefficient at 443nm anomaly";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  A443_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "absorption coefficient at 443nm 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  A443_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "absorption coefficient at 443nm 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  A443_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "absorption coefficient at 443nm 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  A443_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "absorption coefficient at 443nm 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "a_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  KD486_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-day diffuse attenuation coefficient";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  KD486_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "8-week diffuse attenuation coefficient";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  KD486_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "8-week diffuse attenuation coefficient std dev";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  KD486_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "diffuse attenuation coefficient anomaly";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "1/m";
  }
  KD486_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "diffuse attenuation coefficient 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  KD486_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "diffuse attenuation coefficient 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  KD486_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "diffuse attenuation coefficient 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  KD486_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "diffuse attenuation coefficient 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "kd_443";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  ZEU_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "8-day euphotic zone depth";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "m";
  }
  ZEU_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "8-week euphotic zone depth";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "m";
  }
  ZEU_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "8-week euphotic zone depth std dev";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "m";
  }
  ZEU_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "euphotic zone depth anomaly";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "m";
  }
  ZEU_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "euphotic zone depth 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  ZEU_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "euphotic zone depth 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  ZEU_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "euphotic zone depth 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  ZEU_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "euphotic zone depth 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "z_depth_qaa";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  MCSST_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "8-day sea surface temperature";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "degC";
  }
  MCSST_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "8-week sea surface temperature";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "degC";
  }
  MCSST_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "8-week sea surface temperature std dev";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "degC";
  }
  MCSST_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "sea surface temperature anomaly";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "degC";
  }
  MCSST_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface temperature 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  MCSST_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface temperature 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  MCSST_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface temperature 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  MCSST_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface temperature 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  SAL_Weekly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "8-day sea surface salinity";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "psu";
  }
  SAL_8wkAvg {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "8-week sea surface salinity";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "psu";
  }
  SAL_StDev {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "sea surface salinity std dev";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "psu";
  }
  SAL_Anomaly {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "sea surface salinity anomaly";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "psu";
  }
  SAL_StDevMask1 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface salinity 1 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  SAL_StDevMask2 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface salinity 2 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  SAL_StDevMask3 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface salinity 3 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  SAL_StDevMask4 {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 667, 580;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "sea surface salinity 4 std dev mask";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_salinity";
    String units "unitless";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "CF 1.0";
    String data "VIIRS observations";
    String division "Marine Science";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -79.0125;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 30.99;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 14.988899999999997;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.006900000000000001;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -79.0125;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -99.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.007499999999999999;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2024-12-12T05:44:48Z https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-coastal/dodsC/usm_dapv_aggregation
2024-12-12T05:44:48Z https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/griddap/USM_VIIRS_DAP.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.usm.edu/sites/default/files/groups/division-marine-science/pdf/owx_pub_2_arnone_jones_dap_spie.pdf";
    String institution "University of Southern Mississippi";
    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.";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 30.99;
    String processed_by "Ocean Weather Lab";
    String sourceUrl "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-coastal/dodsC/usm_dapv_aggregation";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 14.988899999999997;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-1.0";
    String summary "Data from USM VIIRS DAP";
    String time_coverage_end "2018-10-24T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "USM VIIRS Dynamic Anomaly Properties";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -99.0;
  }
}

 

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