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Dataset Title:	FNMOC Ekman Transports, 360x180, 6-hourly
Institution:	FNMOC, NOAA ERD (Dataset ID: erdlasFnTran6)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	84496	6h 0m 0s (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	180	1.0 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	360	1.0 (even)

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

curl (Curl of Surface Wind Stress, MPa m-1)

ektrx (East-West Component of Ekman Transport, kg m-1 s-1)

ektry (North-South Component of Ekman Transport, kg m-1 s-1)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range -9.46944e+7, 1.7303976e+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";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -89.5, 89.5;
    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 0.5, 359.5;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  curl {
    Float32 _FillValue -1.0e+34;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 3.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -3.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "Curl of Surface Wind Stress";
    Float32 missing_value -1.0e+34;
    String units "MPa m-1";
  }
  ektrx {
    Float32 _FillValue -1.0e+34;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10000.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "East-West Component of Ekman Transport";
    Float32 missing_value -1.0e+34;
    String units "kg m-1 s-1";
  }
  ektry {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10000.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "North-South Component of Ekman Transport";
    Float32 missing_value -1.0e+34;
    String units "kg m-1 s-1";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String defaultGraphQuery "&.draw=vectors";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 359.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 89.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -89.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 1.0;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 359.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 0.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 1.0;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2024-11-21T15:57:08Z https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Model/FNMOC/transport
2024-11-21T15:57:08Z https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdlasFnTran6.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/products/PFEL/modeled/holdings.html";
    String institution "FNMOC, NOAA ERD";
    String keywords "360x180, 6-hourly, atmosphere, atmospheric, circulation, component, curl, currents, downwelling, driven, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Stress, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Upwelling/Downwelling, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Wind-Driven Circulation, east, east-west, ekman, erd, fnmoc, hourly, noaa, north, north-south, ocean, oceans, south, stress, surface, transport, transports, upwelling, west, wind, wind-driven, winds";
    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 89.5;
    String sourceUrl "https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Model/FNMOC/transport";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -89.5;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary 
"Ekman transports and wind stress curl calculated from geostrophic winds based
on FNMOC 360x180 (1-degree) analyzed fields of sea level pressure. This
dataset has data prior to the current month.

ERD was established at the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology and
Oceanography Center (FNMOC) to take advantage of the Navy's global
oceanographic and meteorological databases. FNMOC produces operational
forecasts of the state of the atmosphere and the ocean several times daily
and maintains archives of several important parameters, such as sea level
pressure and temperature. ERD derives a number of well-known environmental
data and index products which are routinely distributed to researchers at
many state and federal laboratories, as well as to academic and international
researchers.";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-10-31T18:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1967-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "FNMOC Ekman Transports, 360x180, 6-hourly";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 0.5;
  }
}

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