NetCDF Metadata

netcdf E0106.sbe37.realtime.50m {
dimensions:
	lon = 1 ;
	lat = 1 ;
	depth = 1 ;
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (4691 currently)
variables:
	double lat(lat) ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:short_name = "lat" ;
		lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
		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:_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:_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:_FillValue = -999. ;
		time:valid_range = 0., 99999. ;
		time:Comment = "Coordinate variable" ;
		time:epic_code = 624 ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
	float conductivity(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		conductivity:long_name = "Conductivity" ;
		conductivity:short_name = "COND" ;
		conductivity:_FillValue = -999.f ;
		conductivity:units = "msiemens/cm" ;
		conductivity:is_dead = 0 ;
		conductivity:valid_range = 20.f, 60.f ;
		conductivity:epic_code = 51 ;
		conductivity:ancillary_variables = "conductivity_qc" ;
		conductivity:standard_name = "sea_water_electrical_conductivity" ;
	byte conductivity_qc(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		conductivity_qc:long_name = "Conductivity QC" ;
		conductivity_qc:short_name = "CONDQ" ;
		conductivity_qc:_FillValue = -128b ;
		conductivity_qc:units = "1" ;
		conductivity_qc:valid_range = -127s, 127s ;
		conductivity_qc:flag_values = 0b, 1b, 2b ;
		conductivity_qc:flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional" ;
		conductivity_qc:intent = "data_quality" ;
		conductivity_qc:standard_name = "conductivity data_quality" ;
	float temperature(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		temperature:long_name = "Water Temperature" ;
		temperature:standard_name = "sea_water_temperature" ;
		temperature:short_name = "WT" ;
		temperature:_FillValue = -999.f ;
		temperature:units = "celsius" ;
		temperature:valid_range = -0.5f, 30.f ;
		temperature:is_dead = 0 ;
		temperature:epic_code = 20 ;
		temperature:ancillary_variables = "temperature_qc" ;
	byte temperature_qc(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		temperature_qc:long_name = "Water Temperature QC" ;
		temperature_qc:short_name = "WTQC" ;
		temperature_qc:_FillValue = -128b ;
		temperature_qc:units = "1" ;
		temperature_qc:valid_range = -127s, 127s ;
		temperature_qc:flag_values = 0b, 1b, 2b ;
		temperature_qc:flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional" ;
		temperature_qc:intent = "data_quality" ;
		temperature_qc:standard_name = "temperature data_quality" ;
	float salinity(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		salinity:long_name = "Salinity" ;
		salinity:standard_name = "sea_water_salinity" ;
		salinity:short_name = "SAL" ;
		salinity:_FillValue = -999.f ;
		salinity:units = "psu" ;
		salinity:valid_range = 10.f, 100.f ;
		salinity:is_dead = 0 ;
		salinity:epic_code = 41 ;
		salinity:ancillary_variables = "salinity_qc" ;
	byte salinity_qc(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		salinity_qc:long_name = "Salinity QC" ;
		salinity_qc:short_name = "SALQC" ;
		salinity_qc:_FillValue = -128b ;
		salinity_qc:units = "1" ;
		salinity_qc:valid_range = -127s, 127s ;
		salinity_qc:flag_values = 0b, 1b, 2b, 3b ;
		salinity_qc:flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional invalid_input" ;
		salinity_qc:intent = "data_quality" ;
		salinity_qc:standard_name = "salinity data_quality" ;
	float sigma_t(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		sigma_t:long_name = "Sigma T" ;
		sigma_t:standard_name = "sea_water_density" ;
		sigma_t:short_name = "SIGMAT" ;
		sigma_t:_FillValue = -999.f ;
		sigma_t:units = "kg/m^3" ;
		sigma_t:valid_range = 10.f, 100.f ;
		sigma_t:is_dead = 0 ;
		sigma_t:epic_code = 70 ;
		sigma_t:ancillary_variables = "sigma_t_qc" ;
	byte sigma_t_qc(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		sigma_t_qc:long_name = "SigmaT QC" ;
		sigma_t_qc:short_name = "SIGTQC" ;
		sigma_t_qc:_FillValue = -128b ;
		sigma_t_qc:units = "1" ;
		sigma_t_qc:valid_range = -127s, 127s ;
		sigma_t_qc:flag_values = 0b, 1b, 2b, 3b ;
		sigma_t_qc:flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_nonfunctional invalid_input" ;
		sigma_t_qc:intent = "data_quality" ;
		sigma_t_qc:standard_name = "sigma_t data_quality" ;
	double offset_time(time, depth, lat, lon) ;
		offset_time:long_name = "Offset from regular time interval" ;
		offset_time:standard_name = "offset_time" ;
		offset_time:short_name = "off_time" ;
		offset_time:units = "seconds" ;
		offset_time:_FillValue = -999. ;
		offset_time:valid_range = -3600., 3600. ;
		offset_time:Comment = "Add to time for actual sensor reading " ;

// 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 = "Thu Nov  8 00:39:40 2012: /usr/local/bin/ncks -A /data/gomoos/buoy/archive/E0106/realtime/E0106.sbe37.realtime.50m.old /data/gomoos/buoy/archive/E0106/realtime/E0106.sbe37.realtime.50m.nc\n",
			"Thu Feb  7 20:21:58 2008: ncrcat -d time,52725.88194,52921.47222 E0106.sbe37.realtime.50m.nc new.nc\n",
			"21-Aug-2003 13:04:33:  Error in firmware programming resulted in erroneous time stamp.  All times had to be moved back 26 minutes.\n",
			"Thu Jul 31 18:53:16 2003: ncatted -a standard_name,conductivity,c,c,sea_water_electrical_conductivity /data/gomoos/buoy/archive/E0106/realtime/E0106.sbe37.realtime.50m.nc\n",
			"27-Jun-2003 12:56:28:  Added ancillary_variables, intent attributes for CF compliance.\n",
			"14-Apr-2003 15:17:02:  Added separate flag for sensor_nonfunctional state.\n",
			"07-Apr-2003 16:08:14:  Moved temperature back to celsius.\n",
			"" ;
		:source = "realtime observations" ;
		:references = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/doc/buoy_system_doc/buoy_system/book1.html" ;
		:comment = "processed with MATLAB" ;
		:latitude = 43.714451 ;
		:longitude = -69.359253 ;
		: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 = "sbe37" ;
		:instrument_number = 2 ;
		:processing = "realtime" ;
		:water_depth = 100. ;
		:mooring_site_id = "E0106" ;
		:mooring_site_desc = "Central Maine Shelf" ;
		:breakout_id = 4 ;
		:delta_t = 60 ;
		:magnetic_variation = -17.8 ;
		:last_mysql_update_index = -1 ;
		:starting_julian_day_number = 52725.8569444446 ;
		:starting_julian_day_string = "2003-03-27 20:34:00" ;
		:ending_julian_day_number = 52921.4402777781 ;
		:ending_julian_day_string = "2003-10-09 10:34:00" ;
		:algorithm_ids = "Conductivity_at_35PSU_15C_0P_1.2:  27-Aug-2003 12:43:28\n",
			"Salinity_1.2:  27-Aug-2003 12:43:28\n",
			"Conductivity_Ratio_1.2:  27-Aug-2003 12:43:28\n",
			"Salinity_RT_T_1.2:  27-Aug-2003 12:43:28\n",
			"Sigma_T_1.3:  27-Aug-2003 12:43:28\n",
			"Standard_Mean_Ocean_Water_Density_1.2:  27-Aug-2003 12:43:28" ;
		:nco_openmp_thread_number = 1 ;
		:averaging_period = 0. ;
		:averaging_period_units = "Minutes" ;
		:clock_time = "Center of period" ;
		:number_observations_per_hour = 1. ;
		:number_samples_per_observation = 1. ;
}

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