ArgoFloats-ref

Name: Argo Reference Measurements
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.

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
	set	data	graph			public	Argo Reference Measurements		F I M	background			Argo	ArgoFloats-ref

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	_NCProperties	String	version=1\|netcdflibversion=4.6.1\|hdf5libversion=1.10.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Point
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	179.99900000000002
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	featureType	String	Point
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	78.198
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-75.201
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	179.99900000000002
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-179.99900000000002
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	http://www.argodatamgt.org/DMQC/Reference-data-base
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	Argo
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	cycle, cycle_number, data, density, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, equals, float, identifier, in-situ, its, its-90, latitude, level, local, longitude, number, ocean, oceans, pi_name, platform_number, practical, PRES, pressure, PSAL, ptmp, salinity, scale, science, sea, sea-level, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_temperature, seawater, situ, source, TEMP, temperature, time, unique, water
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	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.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	78.198
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-75.201
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	subsetVariables	String	pi_name, platform_number
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Argo float vertical profiles from Coriolis Global Data Assembly Centres (GDAC). Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free global ocean and currents from intermediate depths. The data come from battery-powered autonomous floats that spend most of their life drifting at depth where they are stabilised by being neutrally buoyant at the "parking depth" pressure by having a density equal to the ambient pressure and a compressibility that is less than that of sea water. At present there are several models of profiling float used in Argo. All work in a similar fashion but differ somewhat in their design characteristics. At typically 10-day intervals, the floats pump fluid into an external bladder and rise to the surface over about 6 hours while measuring temperature and salinity. Satellites or GPS determine the position of the floats when they surface, and the floats transmit their data to the satellites. The bladder then deflates and the float returns to its original density and sinks to drift until the cycle is repeated. Floats are designed to make about 150 such cycles. Data Management URL: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2018-09-24T11:52:30Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2000-06-09T00:08:14Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Argo Reference Measurements
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	2019V3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-179.99900000000002
variable	pres		double
attribute	pres	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	pres	actual_range	double	-0.20000000298023224, 2650.0
attribute	pres	colorBarMaximum	double	5000.0
attribute	pres	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	pres	missing_value	double	99999.0
variable	temp		double
attribute	temp	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	temp	actual_range	double	-1.8880000114440918, 33.38999938964844
attribute	temp	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	temp	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	temp	missing_value	double	99999.0
variable	ptmp		double
attribute	ptmp	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	ptmp	actual_range	double	-1.8880352559081022, 33.38918683999088
attribute	ptmp	long_name	String	PTMP
attribute	ptmp	missing_value	double	NaN
variable	psal		double
attribute	psal	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	psal	actual_range	double	0.0, 39.54999923706055
attribute	psal	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	psal	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	psal	missing_value	double	99999.0
attribute	psal	standard_name	String	sea_water_practical_salinity
attribute	psal	units	String	PSU
variable	pi_name		String
variable	platform_number		String
variable	cycle_number		String
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	-75.201, 78.198
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	missing_value	double	99999.0
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		double
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-179.99900000000002, 179.99900000000002
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	missing_value	double	99999.0
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	9.60509294E8, 1.53778995E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time	source_name	String	JULD
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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