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Dataset Title:  Buoy Data from the NOAA NDBC SOS Server - Waves
Dataset ID:  ndbcSosWaves RSS Subscribe
Institution:  NOAA NDBC
Information:  Summary | Variables | Background | Make A Graph

Variable   Optional
Constraint #1
Optional
Constraint #2
 Minimum    Maximum
longitude (degrees_east)        -177.75    179.0
latitude (degrees_north)        -19.713    60.8
station_id            
altitude (m)            
time (UTC)        2007-11-02T00:00:00Z    
SignificantWaveHeight (m)            
DominantWavePeriod (sea_surface_swell_wave_period, s)            
AverageWavePeriod (sea_surface_swell_wave_period, s)            
SwellHeight (sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height, m)            
SwellPeriod (sea_surface_swell_wave_period, s)            
WindWaveHeight (sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height, m)            
WindWavePeriod (sea_surface_swell_wave_period, s)            
WaterTemperature (sea_water_temperature, degrees_C)            
WaveDuration (s)            
CalculationMethod            
SamplingRate (Hz)            
NumberOfFrequencies (count)            
CenterFrequencies (sea_surface_wave_frequency, Hz)            
Bandwidths (Hz)            
SpectralEnergy (sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density, m2 Hz-1)            
MeanWaveDirectionPeakPeriod (degrees_true)            
SwellWaveDirection (sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction, degrees_true)            
WindWaveDirection (sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction, degrees_true)            
MeanWaveDirection (sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction, degrees_true)            
PrincipalWaveDirection (degrees_true)            
PolarCoordinateR1 (degrees_true)            
PolarCoordinateR2 (degrees_true)            
DirectionalWaveParameter (degrees_true)            
FourierCoefficientA1 (m)            
FourierCoefficientA2 (m)            
FourierCoefficientB1 (m)            
FourierCoefficientB2 (m)            

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -177.75, 179.0;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -19.713, 60.8;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  station_id {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Station ID";
  }
  altitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "up";
    String axis "Z";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Altitude";
    String positive "up";
    String standard_name "altitude";
    String units "m";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.1939616e+9, NaN;
    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";
  }
  SignificantWaveHeight {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  DominantWavePeriod {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_period";
    String units "s";
  }
  AverageWavePeriod {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_period";
    String units "s";
  }
  SwellHeight {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  SwellPeriod {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_period";
    String units "s";
  }
  WindWaveHeight {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  WindWavePeriod {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_period";
    String units "s";
  }
  WaterTemperature {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_water_temperature";
    String units "degrees_C";
  }
  WaveDuration {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "s";
  }
  CalculationMethod {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
  }
  SamplingRate {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "Hz";
  }
  NumberOfFrequencies {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "count";
  }
  CenterFrequencies {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_frequency";
    String units "Hz";
  }
  Bandwidths {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "Hz";
  }
  SpectralEnergy {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density";
    String units "m2 Hz-1";
  }
  MeanWaveDirectionPeakPeriod {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  SwellWaveDirection {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  WindWaveDirection {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  MeanWaveDirection {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  PrincipalWaveDirection {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  PolarCoordinateR1 {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  PolarCoordinateR2 {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  DirectionalWaveParameter {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String units "degrees_true";
  }
  FourierCoefficientA1 {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density";
    String units "m";
  }
  FourierCoefficientA2 {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density";
    String units "m";
  }
  FourierCoefficientB1 {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density";
    String units "m";
  }
  FourierCoefficientB2 {
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String observedProperty 
"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/
phenomenaDictionary.xml#Waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density";
    String units "m";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Station";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.0, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 60.8;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -19.713;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -177.75;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "up";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String history 
"2009-11-23 http://sdf.ndbc.noaa.gov/sos/server.php
2009-11-23 http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/ndbcSosWaves.html";
    String infoUrl "http://sdf.ndbc.noaa.gov/sos/";
    String institution "NOAA NDBC";
    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 60.8;
    String sourceUrl "http://sdf.ndbc.noaa.gov/sos/server.php";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -19.713;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-11";
    String summary 
"The NOAA NDBC SOS server is part of the IOOS DIF SOS Project.  The stations 
in this dataset have wave data.

Because of the nature of SOS requests, requests for data MUST include 
constraints for the longitude, latitude, time, and/or station_id variables.  
No more than thirty days of data can be requested.";
    String time_coverage_start "2007-11-02T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Buoy Data from the NOAA NDBC SOS Server - Waves";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -177.75;
  }
}

 

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You can form these URLs by hand or with a computer program,
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both of which generate the URL when the form is submitted.
tabledap is a superset of the OPeNDAP DAP constraint protocol.

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For example,
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