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Dataset Title:  CeNCOOS in-situ water monitoring data from Bodega Bay, California, USA: real-
time measurements taken by Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California
Davis.
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Institution:  Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis   (Dataset ID: BML_WTS)
Range: longitude = -123.0709 to -123.0709°E, latitude = 38.31652 to 38.31652°N, altitude = -2.93 to -2.93m, time = 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z to 2023-11-02T17:18:00Z
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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:

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 0.0, 1.69894548e+9;
    String axis "T";
    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";
  }
  altitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "up";
    Float32 actual_range -2.93, -2.93;
    String axis "Z";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Height above mean sea level";
    String positive "up";
    String standard_name "altitude";
    String units "m";
  }
  station_name {
    String cf_role "timeseries_id";
    String long_name "station name";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 38.31652, 38.31652;
    String axis "Y";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "latitude in decimal degree north";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float32 valid_max 90.0;
    Float32 valid_min -90.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -123.0709, -123.0709;
    String axis "X";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "longitude in decimal degree east";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float32 valid_max 180.0;
    Float32 valid_min -180.0;
  }
  wtemp {
    Float64 _Fillvalue -99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 26.1;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 40.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10.0;
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "Water temperature, IPTS-90";
    Float32 missing_value -99999.0;
    String standard_name "water_temperature";
    String units "degree_Celsius";
  }
  cond {
    Float64 _Fillvalue -99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 4.7349;
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "Conductivity";
    Float32 missing_value -99999.0;
    String standard_name "conductivity";
    String units "S";
  }
  density {
    Int32 _Fillvalue -99999;
    Float32 actual_range -1.525, 26.5;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 28.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 20.0;
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "Density";
    Float32 missing_value -99999.0;
    String standard_name "sea_water_density";
    String units "kg m-3";
  }
  chl_conc {
    Float64 _Fillvalue -99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 48.39;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.03;
    String colorBarScale "Log";
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "In vivo fluorometric chlorophyll concentration";
    Float32 missing_value -99999.0;
    String standard_name "concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water";
    String units "microg L-1";
  }
  water_press {
    Float64 _Fillvalue -99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -4.484, 8.71;
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String ioos_category "Pressure";
    String long_name "Water Pressure";
    Float32 missing_value -99999.0;
    String standard_name "water_pressure";
    String units "dbar";
  }
  sal {
    Float64 _Fillvalue -99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 35.432;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 37.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 25.0;
    String comment "Salinity is based on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS78) and is without dimensions. The CF-1.4 convention recognizes that PSS78 is dimensionless yet recommends a unit of 0.001 to reflect parts per thousand";
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "Salinity, IPSS-78";
    Float32 missing_value -99999.0;
    String standard_name "sea_water_practical_salinity";
    String units "PSU";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String area "North California Coast";
    String cdm_data_type "TimeSeries";
    String cdm_timeseries_variables "altitude,latitude,longitude";
    String contact "Data Manager (bmldata@ucdavis.edu)";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creation_date "2023-11-01 00:10:01 UTC";
    String creator_email "bmldata@ucdavis.edu";
    String creator_name "BMLDATA";
    String creator_type "institution";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -123.0709;
    String featureType "TimeSeries";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 38.31652;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 38.31652;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -123.0709;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -123.0709;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max -2.93;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min -2.93;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "up";
    String geospatial_vertical_reference "mean_sea_level";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String history 
"2023-11-01 00:10:01 UTC: File created at 2023-11-01 00:10:01 UTC
2024-03-28T11:56:27Z http://bmlsc.ucdavis.edu:8080/erddap
2024-03-28T11:56:27Z http://bmlsc.ucdavis.edu:8080/tabledap/BML_WTS.das";
    String id "CEN_BML_WTS";
    String infoURL "http://bml.ucdavis.edu";
    String infoUrl "http://bml.ucdavis.edu";
    String institution "Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis";
    String institution_dods_url "http://bmlsc.ucdavis.edu:8080/opendap/data";
    String institution_url "http://bml.ucdavis.edu";
    String keywords "atmosphere, bay, bodega, california, cencoos, chemistry, chl_conc, chlorophyll, color, concentration, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, cond, conductivity, ctd, data, davis, density, depth, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Station Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Fluorescence, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Density, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, fluorescence, fluorometric, in-situ, ipss, ipss-78, ipts, ipts-90, laboratory, latitude, level, longitude, marine, mean, measurements, monitoring, ocean, ocean color, oceans, optics, practical, pressure, real, real time, real-time, realtime, sal, salinity, salinity/density, satellite, science, sea, sea_water_density, sea_water_practical_salinity, seawater, situ, sonde, station, taken, temperature, time, university, usa, vivo, water, water_press, water_pressure, water_temperature, wtemp";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "These data may be used and redistributed for free but are not intended for legal use, since they may contain inaccuracies. For use for publication or presentations please reference the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) and NOAA. Neither the data provider, CeNCOOS, 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 naming_authority "org.cencoos.www";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 38.31652;
    String project "CeNCOOS";
    String source "moored platform observation - fixed altitude";
    String sourceUrl "http://bmlsc.ucdavis.edu:8080/erddap";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 38.31652;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String subsetVariables "altitude, latitude, longitude";
    String summary "Water monitoring data collected in situ in Bodega Bay at a single location in Horseshoe Cove from March 2009 to the present.  The data include temperature, conductivity, pressure, salinity and density measurements from a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD).  Additional sensors collected chlorophyll fluorescence. The data were collected by The Univeristy of California Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory";
    String testOutOfDate "now-18days";
    String time_coverage_end "2023-11-02T17:18:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "CeNCOOS in-situ water monitoring data from Bodega Bay, California, USA: real-time measurements taken by Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis.";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -123.0709;
  }
}

 

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link) Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link) and its selection 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.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.


 
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