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Dataset Title:	TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Quarterly, Sea Surface Temperature
Institution:	NOAA PMEL, TAO/TRITON, RAMA, PIRATA (Dataset ID: pmelTaoQrtSst)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Make a graph

Variable

Optional
Constraint #1

Optional
Constraint #2

Minimum

or a List of Distinct Values

Maximum

array

station

wmo_platform_code

longitude (degrees_east)

latitude (degrees_north)

time (Centered Time, UTC)

1977-11-16T12:00:00Z

2013-05-16T12:00:00Z

depth (m)

1.0

1.5

T_25 (Sea Surface Temperature, degree_C)

18.55458

32.17584

QT_5025 (Sea Surface Temperature Quality)

ST_6025 (Sea Surface Temperature Source)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  array {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Array";
  }
  station {
    String cf_role "timeseries_id";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Station";
  }
  wmo_platform_code {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 56055;
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "WMO Platform Code";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 350.0;
    String axis "X";
    Int32 epic_code 502;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    Float32 missing_value 1.0E35;
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String type "EVEN";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -25.0, 21.0;
    String axis "Y";
    Int32 epic_code 500;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    Float32 missing_value 1.0E35;
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String type "EVEN";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 2.485296e+8, 1.3687056e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Centered Time";
    String point_spacing "uneven";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String type "UNEVEN";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float32 actual_range 1.0, 1.5;
    String axis "Z";
    Int32 epic_code 3;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Depth";
    Float32 missing_value 1.0E35;
    String positive "down";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String type "EVEN";
    String units "m";
  }
  T_25 {
    Float32 actual_range 18.55458, 32.17584;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    Int32 epic_code 25;
    String generic_name "temp";
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "Sea Surface Temperature";
    Float32 missing_value 1.0E35;
    String name "T";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_temperature";
    String units "degree_C";
  }
  QT_5025 {
    Byte actual_range 0, 4;
    String colorBarContinuous "false";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String description 
"Quality: 0=missing data, 1=highest, 2=standard, 3=lower, 4=questionable,
5=bad, -9=contact contact Dai.C.McClurg@noaa.gov.  To get probably valid data
only, request QT_5025>=1 and QT_5025<=3.";
    Int32 epic_code 5025;
    String generic_name "qt";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Sea Surface Temperature Quality";
    Byte missing_value -9;
    String name "QT";
  }
  ST_6025 {
    String colorBarContinuous "false";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String description 
"Source Codes:
0 = No Sensor, No Data
1 = Real Time (Telemetered Mode)
2 = Derived from Real Time
3 = Temporally Interpolated from Real Time
4 = Source Code Inactive at Present
5 = Recovered from Instrument RAM (Delayed Mode)
6 = Derived from RAM
7 = Temporally Interpolated from RAM";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Sea Surface Temperature Source";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "TimeSeries";
    String cdm_timeseries_variables "array, station, wmo_platform_code, longitude, latitude";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String CREATION_DATE "07:09  3-MAY-2013";
    String creator_email "Dai.C.McClurg@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "Dai. C. McClurg";
    String creator_url "http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/proj_over.html";
    String Data_info "Contact Paul Freitag: 206-526-6727";
    String Data_Source "TAO Project Office/NOAA/PMEL";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 350.0;
    String featureType "TimeSeries";
    String File_info "Contact: Dai.C.McClurg@noaa.gov";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 21.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -25.0;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 350.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 0.0;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2013-05-03 Most recent downloading and reformatting of all cdf/sites/...
files from PMEL TAO's FTP site by bob.simons at noaa.gov.
Since then, recent data has been updated every day.
2013-05-24T15:23:12Z (local files)
2013-05-24T15:23:12Z http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoQrtSst.das
2013-05-24T15:43:46Z (local files)
2013-05-24T15:43:46Z http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoQrtSst.html";
    String infoUrl "http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/proj_over.html";
    String institution "NOAA PMEL, TAO/TRITON, RAMA, PIRATA";
    String keywords 
"Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature,
buoys, centered, depth, identifier, noaa, ocean, oceans, pirata, pmel,
quality, quarterly, rama, sea, sea_surface_temperature, source, station,
surface, tao, temperature, time, triton";
    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, 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.";
    String Metadata_Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 21.0;
    String project "TAO/TRITON, RAMA, PIRATA";
    String Request_for_acknowledgement 
"If you use these data in publications or presentations, please acknowledge
the TAO Project Office of NOAA/PMEL. Also, we would appreciate receiving a
preprint and/or reprint of publications utilizing the data for inclusion in
our bibliography. Relevant publications should be sent to: TAO Project
Office, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98115";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -25.0;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-12";
    String subsetVariables "array, station, wmo_platform_code, longitude, latitude";
    String summary 
"This dataset has quarterly Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data from the
TAO/TRITON (Pacific Ocean, http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/),
RAMA (Indian Ocean, http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/rama/), and
PIRATA (Atlantic Ocean, http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pirata/)
arrays of moored buoys which transmit oceanographic and meteorological data
to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.  These buoys are major
components of the CLIVAR climate analysis project and the GOOS, GCOS, and
GEOSS observing systems.  Quarterly data is an average of monthly values
collected during a 3 month period.  A minimum of 2 monthly values are
required to compute a quarterly average.  This dataset contains realtime and
delayed mode data (see the 'source' variable).  For more information, see
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/proj_over.html .";
    String time_coverage_end "2013-05-16T12:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1977-11-16T12:00:00Z";
    String title "TAO/TRITON, RAMA, and PIRATA Buoys, Quarterly, Sea Surface Temperature";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 0.0;
  }
}

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