Dataset http://whewell.marine.unc.edu/dods/nccoos/level1/morgan/met/morgan_met_2008_07.nc.html

morgan_met_2008_07.nc

NC_GLOBAL

comment: File created using pycdf0.6-3 and numpy numpy
project_url: http://nccoos.org
creation_date: 2009-01-09 20:11:25
references: http://nccoos.org
format_category_code: fixed-point
modification_date: 2009-01-09 20:11:25
title: Wind Data at Automated Vertical Profiler Station at Morgan Bay, New River, NC
institution_dods_url: http://nccoos.org
source: AVP Wind Observations
start_date: 2008-07-01 13:16:51
process_level: level1
institution_code: nccoos
end_date: 2008-07-31 23:30:00
metadata_url: http://nccoos.org
package_code: met
institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
platform_code: morgan
institution_url: http://nccoos.org
_FillValue: nan
release_date: 2009-01-09 20:11:25
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_avp_ascii_met

wspd

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long_name: Wind Speed
standard_name: wind_speed
z: 2.0
short_name: wspd
units: m s-1
can_be_normalized: no

time

wdir

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long_name: Wind Direction from
standard_name: wind_from_direction
reference: clockwise from Magnetic North
short_name: wdir
units: degrees
z: 2.0
valid_range: 0.0, 360.0

time

cdir

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long_name: Buoy Orientation
standard_name: compass_direction
reference: clockwise from Magnetic North
short_name: cdir
units: degrees
valid_range: 0.0, 360.0

time

u

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long_name: East/West Component of Wind
standard_name: eastward_wind
z: 2.0
reference: relative to True East (?)
short_name: u
units: m s-1
can_be_normalized: no

time

v

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long_name: North/South Component of Wind
standard_name: northward_wind
z: 2.0
reference: relative to True North (?)
short_name: v
units: m s-1
can_be_normalized: no

time

nwnd

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units: m s-1
long_name: Number of wind samples in sample period
standard_name: number_of_samples
short_name: nwnd

time

time

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

time[0]

lat

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

lat[0]

lon

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

lon[0]

z

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

z[0]