Dataset http://whewell.marine.unc.edu/dods/nccoos/level1/jpier/adcp/jpier_adcp_2008_05.nc.html

jpier_adcp_2008_05.nc

NC_GLOBAL

comment: File created using pycdf0.6-3 and numpy numpy
project_url: http://nccoos.unc.edu
creation_date: 2008-10-16 18:32:43
references: http://nccoos.unc.edu
format_category_code: fixed-profiler
modification_date: 2008-10-16 18:32:43
title: Current profile data at Jennettes Pier, Nags Head, NC
institution_dods_url: http://nccoos.unc.edu
source: fixed-profiler (acoustic doppler) observation
start_date: 2008-05-02 14:34:09
process_level: level1
institution_code: nccoos
mean_water_depth_time_period: May 2008 - Oct 2008
end_date: 2008-06-01 03:24:09
metadata_url: http://nccoos.unc.edu
mean_water_depth: -11.38
package_code: adcp
institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
platform_code: jpier
institution_url: http://nccoos.unc.edu
_FillValue: -99999.0
release_date: 2008-10-16 18:32:43
Conventions: CF-1.0; SEACOOS-CDL-v2.0
project: North Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing System (NCCOOS)
contact: Sara Haines (haines@email.unc.edu)
history: raw2proc using proc_nortek_wpa_adcp

time

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units: seconds since 1970-1-1 00:00:00 -0
long_name: Time
standard_name: time
short_name: time
axis: T

ntime

lat

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long_name: Latitude
standard_name: latitude
reference: geographic coordinates
short_name: lat
units: degrees_north
axis: Y
valid_range: -90.0, 90.0

nlat

lon

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long_name: Longitude
standard_name: longitude
reference: geographic coordinates
short_name: lon
units: degrees_east
axis: Y
valid_range: -180.0, 180.0

nlon

z

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long_name: Height
standard_name: height
reference: zero at mean-sea-level
short_name: z
units: m
positive: up
axis: Z

nz

u

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units: m s-1
long_name: East/West Component of Current
standard_name: eastward_current
reference: clockwise from True East
short_name: u

ntime

nz

v

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units: m s-1
long_name: North/South Component of Current
standard_name: northward_current
reference: clockwise from True North
short_name: v

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nz

w

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units: m s-1
long_name: Vertical Component of Current
standard_name: upward_current
reference: clockwise from True North
short_name: w

ntime

nz

e1

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units: dB
long_name: Echo Beam 1 (??)
standard_name: beam_echo
short_name: e1

ntime

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e2

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units: dB
long_name: Echo Beam 2 (??)
standard_name: beam_echo
short_name: e2

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nz

e3

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units: dB
long_name: Echo Beam 3 (??)
standard_name: beam_echo
short_name: e3

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wd

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long_name: Water Depth
standard_name: water_depth
reference: zero at surface
short_name: wd
units: m
positive: up

ntime

wl

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reference: MSL
short_name: wl
positive: up
reference_to_MSL: 0.0
long_name: Water Level
standard_name: water_level
reference_MSL_datum_time_period: May 2008 - Oct 2008
units: m
reference_MSL_datum: -11.38
z: 0.0

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pressure

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units: dbar
long_name: Pressure
standard_name: pressure
short_name: p

ntime

water_temp

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units: deg C
long_name: Water Temperature at Transducer
standard_name: water_temperature
short_name: wtemp

ntime

ntime

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nlat

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nlon

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nz

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