Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	OSCAR Sea Surface Velocity, 1/3°, L4, Global, 1992-present, 5 Day Composite
Institution:	Earth & Space Research (Dataset ID: jplOscar)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	889	5 days 2h 35m 41s (uneven)

depth (m)	1	(just one value)

latitude (degrees_north)	481	-0.3333333 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	1201	0.3333333 (even)

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

u (Ocean Surface Zonal Currents, meter/sec)

v (Ocean Surface Meridional Currents, meter/sec)

um (Ocean Surface Zonal Currents Maximum Mask, meter/sec)

vm (Ocean Surface Meridional Currents Maximum Mask, meter/sec)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.3231296e+9, 1.71504e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Day since 1992-10-05 00:00:00";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float32 actual_range 15.0, 15.0;
    String axis "Z";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Depth";
    String positive "down";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String units "m";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -80.0, 80.0;
    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 20.0, 420.0;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  u {
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Ocean Surface Zonal Currents";
    Float64 missing_value NaN;
    String units "meter/sec";
  }
  v {
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Ocean Surface Meridional Currents";
    Float64 missing_value NaN;
    String units "meter/sec";
  }
  um {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Ocean Surface Zonal Currents Maximum Mask";
    Float64 missing_value NaN;
    String units "meter/sec";
  }
  vm {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Ocean Surface Meridional Currents Maximum Mask";
    Float64 missing_value NaN;
    String units "meter/sec";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String contact "Kathleen Dohan (kdohan@esr.org) or John T. Gunn (gunn@esr.org)";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creation_date "18:54 11-Feb-2013";
    String creator_email "kdohan@esr.org";
    String creator_name "KDOHAN";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.esr.org/";
    String datasubtype "unfiltered";
    String datatype "1/72 YEAR Interval";
    String DESCRIPTION "OSCAR Third Degree Sea Surface Velocity";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 420.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 80.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -80.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.3333333333333333;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 420.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 20.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.3333333333333333;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"Gary Lagerloef, ESR (lager@esr.org) and Kathleen Dohan, ESR (kdohan@esr.org)
2024-11-08T17:51:07Z (local files)
2024-11-08T17:51:07Z https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplOscar.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.esr.org/";
    String institution "Earth & Space Research";
    String keywords "all, any, avoid, buoyancy, component, components, concurrent, currents, data, depth, earth, ekman, extends, geostrophic, latitude, longitude, mask, maximum, meridional, ocean, points, research, space, surface, time, u, v, velocity, zonal";
    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 80.0;
    String NOTE1 "Maximum Mask velocity is the geostrophic component at all points + any concurrent Ekman and buoyancy components";
    String NOTE2 "Longitude extends from 20 E to 420 E to avoid a break in major ocean basins. Data repeats in overlap region.";
    String references "Bonjean F. and G.S.E. Lagerloef, 2002 ,\"Diagnostic model and analysis of the surface currents in the tropical Pacific ocean\", J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2,938-2,954";
    String source "Gary Lagerloef, ESR (lager@esr.org) and Kathleen Dohan, ESR (kdohan@esr.org)";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -80.0;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "Maximum Mask velocity is the geostrophic component at all points + any concurrent Ekman and buoyancy components. Longitude extends from 20 E to 420 E to avoid a break in major ocean basins. Data repeats in overlap region.";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-05-07T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2011-12-06T00:00:00Z";
    String title "OSCAR Sea Surface Velocity, 1/3°, L4, Global, 1992-present, 5 Day Composite";
    String variable "Ocean Surface Currents";
    String version "2009.0";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 20.0;
  }
}

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