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Dataset Title:	NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS Monthly Temperature (air.mon.mean), 0.5°, 1948-present
Institution:	NOAA PSL (Dataset ID: noaa_psl_675a_3cea_522e)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	915	30 days 10h 28m 37s (uneven)

latitude (degrees_north)	360	-0.5 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	720	0.5 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

air (Monthly mean of surface temperature, degK)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range -6.943104e+8, 1.7092512e+9;
    String avg_period "0000-01-00 00:00:00";
    String axis "T";
    String coordinate_defines "start";
    String delta_t "0000-01-00 00:00:00";
    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";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -89.75, 89.75;
    String axis "Y";
    String coordinate_defines "center";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range 0.25, 359.75;
    String axis "X";
    String coordinate_defines "center";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  air {
    Float32 actual_range -49.21874, 335.75;
    String cell_methods "time: mean";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 313.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 263.0;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String level_desc "Surface";
    String long_name "Monthly mean of surface temperature";
    Float32 missing_value -9.96921e+36;
    String parent_stat "Other";
    String standard_name "air_temperature";
    String statistic "Mean";
    String units "degK";
    Float32 valid_range 150.0, 400.0;
    String var_desc "Air Temperature";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.6.3,hdf5=1.10.5";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "NOAA PSL";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.ncep.noaa.gov/";
    String dataset_title "Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Global Land Surface Air Temperature Analysis";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 359.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 89.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -89.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.5;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 359.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 0.25;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.5;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"created 8/2012 by CAS NOAA/ESRL PSDupdated to include major version change Oct 14, 2015. Antarctica temperature is no longer in the dataset
2024-05-03T09:37:39Z https://psl.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ghcncams/air.mon.mean.nc
2024-05-03T09:37:39Z http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/noaa_psl_675a_3cea_522e.das";
    String id "Datasets/ghcncams/air.mon.mean.nc";
    String infoUrl "https://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ghcncams.html";
    String institution "NOAA PSL";
    String keywords "air, air.mon.mean, air_temperature, anomaly, atmosphere, atmospheric, cams, centers, climate, climatology, data, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature, environmental, ghcn, global, historical, latitude, longitude, mean, monitoring, month, monthly, national, ncep, network, noaa, prediction, psl, science, surface, system, temperature, time";
    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.";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 89.75;
    String references "https://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ghcncams.html";
    String source "http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP/.CPC/.GHCN_CAMS/.gridded/.deg0p5/";
    String sourceUrl "https://psl.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ghcncams/air.mon.mean.nc";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -89.75;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Climate Anomaly Monitoring System (CAMS) Monthly Temperature (air.mon.mean)";
    String testOutOfDate "now-130days";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1948-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS Monthly Temperature (air.mon.mean), 0.5°, 1948-present";
    String version "3.01";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 0.25;
  }
}

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.