Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	CalCOFI NOAA Cruises
Institution:	NOAA SWFSC (Dataset ID: erdCalCOFIcruises)
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Variable

Optional
Constraint #1

Optional
Constraint #2

Minimum

or a List of Values

Maximum

cruise

ship (Ship Name)

ship_code

year

month

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  cruise {
    String description "Six-digit cruise code (YYYYMM)";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Cruise";
  }
  ship {
    String description "Ship name";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Ship Name";
  }
  ship_code {
    String description "Two-digit CalCOFI ship code";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Ship Code";
  }
  year {
    Int32 actual_range 1951, 2023;
    String description "Year in which cruise began";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Year";
  }
  month {
    Int32 actual_range 1, 12;
    String description "Month in which cruise primarily occured";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Month";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, NCCSV-1.2";
    String history 
"2025-03-14T02:03:45Z (local files)
2025-03-14T02:03:45Z https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/erdCalCOFIcruises.html";
    String infoUrl "https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/CalCOFI/calcofi_info.html";
    String institution "NOAA SWFSC";
    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.";
    String publisher_email "ed.weber@noaa.gov";
    String publisher_name "Ed Weber";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-12";
    String subsetVariables "cruise,ship,ship_code,year,month";
    String summary "Cruises using one or more ships conducted as part of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) program and other related cruises conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center from 1951 to present.";
    String title "CalCOFI NOAA Cruises";
  }
}

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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.

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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
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