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Dataset Title:	FNMOC Wind and Ekman Transport Data, 360x181, 6-hourly for This Month, Lon+/- 180
Institution:	FNMOC, NOAA ERD (Dataset ID: erdlasFnTransMon_LonPM180)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	78	6h 0m 0s (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	181	1.0 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	360	1.0 (even)

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

P_msl (Pressure Reduced To Mean Sea Level, hPa)

u (East-West Component of Surface Wind, m s-1)

v (North-South Component of Surface Wind, m s-1)

uv_mag (Magnitude of Surface Wind, m s-1)

taux (East-West Component of Wind Stress, N m-2)

tauy (North-South Component of Wind Stress, N m-2)

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 1.7304192e+9, 1.7320824e+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";
    Float32 actual_range -90.0, 90.0;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -180.0, 179.0;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  P_msl {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1050.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 950.0;
    String ioos_category "Pressure";
    String long_name "Pressure Reduced To Mean Sea Level";
    String standard_name "air_pressure";
    String units "hPa";
  }
  u {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -15.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "East-West Component of Surface Wind";
    String standard_name "x_wind";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  v {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -15.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "North-South Component of Surface Wind";
    String standard_name "y_wind";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  uv_mag {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "Magnitude of Surface Wind";
    String standard_name "wind_speed";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  taux {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "East-West Component of Wind Stress";
    String standard_name "surface_downward_eastward_stress";
    String units "N m-2";
  }
  tauy {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "North-South Component of Wind Stress";
    String standard_name "surface_downward_northward_stress";
    String units "N m-2";
  }
  curl {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 3.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -3.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "Curl of Surface Wind Stress";
    String units "MPa m-1";
  }
  ektrx {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10000.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "East-West Component of Ekman Transport";
    String units "kg m-1 s-1";
  }
  ektry {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10000.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "North-South Component of Ekman Transport";
    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 179.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 90.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -90.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 1.0;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -180.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 1.0;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2024-11-21T12:15:35Z https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Model/FNMOC/current_month/this_month_transport.nc
2024-11-21T12:15:35Z https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdlasFnTransMon_LonPM180.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/products/PFEL/modeled/holdings.html";
    String institution "FNMOC, NOAA ERD";
    String keywords "360x181, 6-hourly, air, air_pressure, atmosphere, atmospheric, component, curl, currents, data, downward, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Static Pressure, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Stress, east, east-west, eastward, ekman, erd, fnmoc, hourly, level, magnitude, mean, measurements, month, noaa, north, north-south, northward, pressure, reduced, sea, south, speed, static, stress, surface, surface_downward_eastward_stress, surface_downward_northward_stress, this, transport, west, wind, wind_speed, winds, x_wind, y_wind";
    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 90.0;
    String sourceUrl "https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Model/FNMOC/current_month/this_month_transport.nc";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -90.0;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary 
"Global monthly derived winds and transports can be obtained for any point on
the ocean (Northern Hemisphere: 1967 - present, Southern Hemisphere:
1981 - present).

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 "2024-11-20T06:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2024-11-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "FNMOC Wind and Ekman Transport Data, 360x181, 6-hourly for This Month, Lon+/-180";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -180.0;
  }
}

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