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Dataset Title:	rarotonga 1 isl 2016 (GDAL Band Number 1), 2.7777778E-4°
Institution:	NOAA NGDC (Dataset ID: noaa_ngdc_a469_2846_b8ea)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

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X Axis:
Y Axis:
Color:

Dimensions

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latitude (degrees_north)

longitude (degrees_east)

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Things You Can Do With Your Graphs

Well, you can do anything you want with your graphs, of course. But some things you might not have considered are:

Web page authors can embed a graph of the latest data in a web page using HTML <img> tags.
Anyone can use ERDDAPs Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs with the latest data (or other images or HTML content), each in its own, draggable slide.

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -21.869861111109998, -20.680138879370002;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -160.41986111110998, -159.08013887817;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  Band1 {
    Float32 _FillValue -99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "GDAL Band Number 1";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "ngdc.info@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "NOAA NGDC";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -159.08013887817;
    String GDAL "GDAL 2.1.0, released 2016/04/25";
    String GDAL_AREA_OR_POINT "Area";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max -20.680138879370002;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -21.869861111109998;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 2.7777777999999905e-4;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -159.08013887817;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -160.41986111110998;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 2.777777799999952e-4;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String GMT_version "4.5.13 [64-bit]";
    String grid_mapping_GeoTransform "-160.42 0.0002777777799999987 0 -20.67999999048 0 -0.0002777777799999987";
    Float64 grid_mapping_inverse_flattening 298.257223563;
    String grid_mapping_long_name "CRS definition";
    Float64 grid_mapping_longitude_of_prime_meridian 0.0;
    String grid_mapping_name "latitude_longitude";
    Float64 grid_mapping_semi_major_axis 6378137.0;
    String grid_mapping_spatial_ref "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\",DATUM[\"WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6326\"]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0],UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4326\"]]";
    String history 
"Thu Aug 10 22:28:35 2017: GDAL CreateCopy( rarotonga_1_isl_2016.nc, ... )
2024-04-16T18:48:13Z https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/regional/rarotonga_1_isl_2016.nc
2024-04-16T18:48:13Z http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/griddap/noaa_ngdc_a469_2846_b8ea.das";
    String id "regionalDatasetScan/rarotonga_1_isl_2016.nc";
    String infoUrl "https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/coastal.html";
    String institution "NOAA NGDC";
    String keywords "band, Band1, center, centers, data, environmental, gdal, geophysical, information, isl, latitude, longitude, national, ncei, nesdis, ngdc, noaa, number, rarotonga, statistics";
    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.";
    Int32 node_offset 1;
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing -20.680138879370002;
    String sourceUrl "https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/regional/rarotonga_1_isl_2016.nc";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -21.869861111109998;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "GDAL Band Number 1. National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) builds and distributes high-resolution, coastal digital elevation models (DEMs) that integrate ocean bathymetry and land topography to support NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment, and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. DEMs are used for coastal process modeling (tsunami inundation, storm surge, sea-level rise, contaminant dispersal, etc.), ecosystems management and habitat research, coastal and marine spatial planning, and hazard mitigation and community preparedness.";
    String title "rarotonga 1 isl 2016 (GDAL Band Number 1), 2.7777778E-4°";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -160.41986111110998;
  }
}

Using griddap to Request Data and Graphs from Gridded Datasets

griddap lets you request a data subset, graph, or map from a gridded dataset (for example, sea surface temperature data from a satellite), via a specially formed URL. griddap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its projection constraints (external link)

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form. It makes the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

griddap request URLs must be in the form
https://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
Thus, the query is often a data variable name (e.g., analysed_sst), followed by [(start):stride:(stop)] (or a shorter variation of that) for each of the variable's dimensions (for example, [time][latitude][longitude]).

For details, see the griddap Documentation.