NetCDF Metadata

netcdf A0105.doppler.goes-realtime {
dimensions:
	lon = 1 ;
	lat = 1 ;
	depth = 2 ;
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (2319 currently)
variables:
	double lat(lat) ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:short_name = "lat" ;
		lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
		lat:scale_factor = 1. ;
		lat:add_offset = 0. ;
		lat:_FillValue = -999. ;
		lat:valid_range = -90., 90. ;
		lat:Comment = "Coordinate variable" ;
		lat:epic_code = 500 ;
	double lon(lon) ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		lon:short_name = "lon" ;
		lon:modulo = 360. ;
		lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
		lon:scale_factor = 1. ;
		lon:add_offset = 0. ;
		lon:_FillValue = -999. ;
		lon:valid_range = -180., 180. ;
		lon:Comment = "Coordinate variable" ;
		lon:epic_code = 502 ;
	double depth(depth) ;
		depth:long_name = "Depth" ;
		depth:short_name = "D" ;
		depth:units = "meters" ;
		depth:positive = "down" ;
		depth:scale_factor = 1. ;
		depth:add_offset = 0. ;
		depth:_FillValue = -999. ;
		depth:valid_range = -10000., 100. ;
		depth:Comment = "Coordinate variable" ;
		depth:epic_code = 3 ;
		depth:standard_name = "depth" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Time" ;
		time:short_name = "time" ;
		time:units = "days since 1858-11-17 00:00:00" ;
		time:scale_factor = 1. ;
		time:add_offset = 0. ;
		time:_FillValue = -999. ;
		time:valid_range = 0., 99999. ;
		time:Comment = "Coordinate variable" ;
		time:epic_code = 624 ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
	float current_u(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		current_u:long_name = "East Velocity Component" ;
		current_u:short_name = "U" ;
		current_u:scale_factor = 1.f ;
		current_u:add_offset = 0.f ;
		current_u:units = "cm/s" ;
		current_u:valid_range = -1000.f, 1000.f ;
		current_u:_FillValue = -999.f ;
		current_u:is_dead = 52773.125 ;
		current_u:standard_name = "eastward_sea_water_velocity" ;
		current_u:ancillary_variables = "current_u_qc" ;
	byte current_u_qc(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		current_u_qc:long_name = "East Velocity Component QC" ;
		current_u_qc:short_name = "UQC" ;
		current_u_qc:units = "1" ;
		current_u_qc:valid_range = -127s, 127s ;
		current_u_qc:_FillValue = -128b ;
		current_u_qc:flag_values = 0b, 1b, 2b, 3b ;
		current_u_qc:flag_meanings = 0b ;
		current_u_qc:intent = "data_quality" ;
		current_u_qc:standard_name = "current_u data_quality" ;
	float current_v(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		current_v:long_name = "North Velocity Component" ;
		current_v:short_name = "V" ;
		current_v:scale_factor = 1.f ;
		current_v:add_offset = 0.f ;
		current_v:units = "cm/s" ;
		current_v:valid_range = -1000.f, 1000.f ;
		current_v:_FillValue = -999.f ;
		current_v:is_dead = 52773.125 ;
		current_v:standard_name = "northward_sea_water_velocity" ;
		current_v:ancillary_variables = "current_v_qc" ;
	byte current_v_qc(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		current_v_qc:long_name = "North Velocity Quality" ;
		current_v_qc:short_name = "VQ" ;
		current_v_qc:units = "1" ;
		current_v_qc:valid_range = -127s, 127s ;
		current_v_qc:_FillValue = -128b ;
		current_v_qc:flag_values = 0b, 1b, 2b, 3b ;
		current_v_qc:flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional below_effective_water_depth" ;
		current_v_qc:intent = "data_quality" ;
		current_v_qc:standard_name = "current_v data_quality" ;

// global attributes:
		:title = "Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System: Realtime Buoy Observations" ;
		:institution = "Department of Physical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine" ;
		:institution_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu" ;
		:history = "Tue Jul  1 12:06:15 2003: ncatted -a water_depth,global,o,i,65 /data/gomoos/buoy/archive/A0105/goes-realtime/A0105.doppler.goes-realtime.nc\n",
			"27-Jun-2003 13:05:39:  Added ancillary_variables, intent attributes for CF compliance.\n",
			"Wed May 14 13:11:48 2003: ncatted -a is_dead,,m,d,2452774.125 A0105.doppler.goes-realtime.nc\n",
			"08-Apr-2003 14:44:34:  Velocities below effective water depth marked with quality flag 3.\n",
			"07-Apr-2003 15:55:28:  Moved current_u, current_v back to cm/s.\n",
			"" ;
		:source = "surface observation" ;
		:references = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/doc/buoy_system_doc/buoy_system/book1.html" ;
		:comment = "processed with MATLAB" ;
		:latitude = 42.5182537415815 ;
		:longitude = -70.5660667344554 ;
		:Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
		:project = "GOMOOS" ;
		:project_url = "http://gomoos.org" ;
		:contact = "nealp@maine.edu,ljm@umeoce.maine.edu,jevans@umeoce.maine.edu" ;
		:time_zone = "UTC" ;
		:julian_day_convention = "Julian date convention starts at 00:00:00 UTC on 17 November 1858 AD" ;
		:buffer_type = "doppler" ;
		:instrument_number = 0 ;
		:processing = "goes-realtime" ;
		:mooring_site_id = "A0105" ;
		:mooring_site_desc = "Massachusetts Bay" ;
		:water_depth = 65 ;
		:breakout_id = 2 ;
		:delta_t = 60 ;
		:magnetic_variation = -16. ;
		:goes_platform_id = "0440A5AC" ;
		:last_mysql_update_index = -1 ;
		:starting_julian_day_number = 52676.6666666665 ;
		:starting_julian_day_string = "2003-02-06 16:00:00" ;
		:ending_julian_day_number = 52774.4583333335 ;
		:ending_julian_day_string = "2003-05-15 11:00:00" ;
		:current_u_algorithm_id = "$Id: cadcp2currents.m,v 1.4 2003/02/13 22:04:10 jevans Exp $" ;
		:current_v_algorithm_id = "$Id: cadcp2currents.m,v 1.4 2003/02/13 22:04:10 jevans Exp $" ;
		:adcp_effective_water_depth = 101.1 ;
		:deepest_valid_doppler_depth = 59.7 ;
}

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