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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
	set	data	graph		files	Gliders in the Gulf of Mexico		F   I   M	background			University of Cal...	binnedGoM

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	_NCProperties	String	version=1|netcdflibversion=4.4.1|hdf5libversion=1.8.18
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acknowledgment	String	This project was funded by BP and National Science Foundation
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	TrajectoryProfile
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_profile_variables	String	time_uv,lat_uv,lon_uv,u_depth_mean,v_depth_mean,profile,time,latitude,longitude
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_trajectory_variables	String	mission
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_name	String	Daniel Rudnick, Guilherme Castelao
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_role	String	Principal Investigator, Database Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, COARDS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	idgdata at ucsd.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_institution	String	University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	Instrument Development Group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	http://spraydata.ucsd.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	ctd_make_model	String	Sea-Bird 41CP
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2018-07-12T16:24:33Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.21238/S8SPRAY0420
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-83.41662
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	featureType	String	TrajectoryProfile
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_bounds	String	POLYGON ((22.995015 -93.36578499999999, 28.66883 -93.36578499999999, 28.66883 -83.41661999999999, 22.995015 -83.41661999999999, 22.995015 -93.36578499999999))
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_bounds_crs	String	EPSG:4326
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	28.66883
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	22.995015
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-83.41662
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-93.36578499999999
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_max	double	1000.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_min	double	10.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_positive	String	down
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_units	String	m
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	id	String	GOM_v1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://spraydata.ucsd.edu/projects/GoM
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	University of California - San Diego; Scripps
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instrument	String	Sea-Bird 41CP
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	averaged, california, circulation, currents, data, density, depth, depth-averaged, diego, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, eastward, eastward_sea_water_velocity, gliders, gom, gulf, gulf of mexico, identifier, institution, lat_uv, latitude, lon_uv, longitude, mexico, mission, northward, northward_sea_water_velocity, ocean, oceanography, oceans, practical, pressure, profile, salinity, san, science, scripps, sea, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature, seawater, temperature, time, time_uv, u_depth_mean, underwater glider, university, v_depth_mean, velocity, 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	metadata_link	String	https://spray.ucsd.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	naming_authority	String	edu.ucsd.spray
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	28.66883
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_level	String	Manually quality controled and only good data was binned in a regular structure.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	product_version	String	v2
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	Gliders in the Gulf of Mexico
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_email	String	idgdata at ucsd.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_institution	String	University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	Instrument Development Group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_url	String	https://spraydata.ucsd.edu
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	Gopalakrishnan, G., B. D. Cornuelle, I. Hoteit, D. L. Rudnick, and W. B. Owens, 2013: State estimates and forecasts of the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico using the MITgcm and its adjoint. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118, 3292-3314, doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20239. Rudnick, D. L., G. Gopalakrishnan, and B. D. Cornuelle, 2015: Cyclonic eddies in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations by underwater gliders and simulations by numerical model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, 313-326, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0138.1. Todd, R. E., W. B. Owens, and D. L. Rudnick, 2016: Potential vorticity structure in the North Atlantic western boundary current from underwater glider observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46, 327-348, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0112.1.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	22.995015
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v34
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	subsetVariables	String	mission
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	The overarching goal of Spray underwater glider operations in the Gulf of Mexico was to improve dynamical knowledge of oceanographic conditions in the Loop Current and associated eddies. A specific objective was to provide data to data assimilating models to establish the predictability of currents in the region.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2014-10-18T14:52:28Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2010-06-07T12:51:24Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Gliders in the Gulf of Mexico
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-93.36578499999999
variable	profile		int
attribute	profile	actual_range	int	0, 6887
attribute	profile	cf_role	String	profile_id
attribute	profile	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	profile	long_name	String	Profile
variable	mission		int
attribute	mission	actual_range	int	0, 10
attribute	mission	ancillary_variables	String	mission_name
attribute	mission	cf_role	String	trajectory_id
attribute	mission	comment	String	This dataset combines several Spray underwater missions, i.e. several deployments. Profiles originated from the same mission have the same mission number. The names of the missions can be obtained from mission_name.
attribute	mission	ioos_category	String	Identifier
attribute	mission	long_name	String	Mission id
variable	depth		double
attribute	depth	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Height
attribute	depth	_CoordinateZisPositive	String	down
attribute	depth	actual_range	double	10.0, 1000.0
attribute	depth	axis	String	Z
attribute	depth	colorBarMaximum	double	8000.0
attribute	depth	colorBarMinimum	double	-8000.0
attribute	depth	colorBarPalette	String	TopographyDepth
attribute	depth	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	depth	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	depth	long_name	String	Depth
attribute	depth	positive	String	down
attribute	depth	standard_name	String	depth
attribute	depth	units	String	m
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	1.275915084E9, 1.413643948E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	calendar	String	gregorian
attribute	time	comment	String	The estimated time of the midpoint of the profile. For a glider profiling continuously, this time is 3/4 of the way between GPS fixes at the beginning and end of dives. This is the time to use with the temperature and salinity variables, which are measured on the ascent only.
attribute	time	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Time
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
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	22.995015, 28.66883
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	comment	String	The estimated latitude of the midpoint of the profile. For a glider profiling continuously, this latitude is 3/4 of the way between GPS fixes at the beginning and end of dives. This is the latitude to use with the temperature and salinity variables, which are measured on the ascent only.
attribute	latitude	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
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	-93.36578499999999, -83.41662
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	comment	String	The estimated longitude of the midpoint of the profile. For a glider profiling continuously, this longitude is 3/4 of the way between GPS fixes at the beginning and end of dives. This is the longitude to use with the temperature and salinity variables, which are measured on the ascent only.
attribute	longitude	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	temperature		double
attribute	temperature	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	temperature	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	temperature	ioos_category	String	Temperature
attribute	temperature	long_name	String	Sea Water Temperature
attribute	temperature	units	String	degree_C
variable	salinity		double
attribute	salinity	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	salinity	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	salinity	ioos_category	String	Salinity
attribute	salinity	long_name	String	Sea Water Practical Salinity
variable	time_uv		double
attribute	time_uv	actual_range	double	1.275914505E9, 1.413643186E9
attribute	time_uv	calendar	String	gregorian
attribute	time_uv	comment	String	The estimated time of the midpoint of the dive. For a glider profiling continuously, this time is 1/2 of the way between GPS fixes at the beginning and end of dives. This is the time to use with depth-averaged velocity (u_depth_mean, v_depth_mean) which is an average throughout the dive.
attribute	time_uv	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	time_uv	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time_uv	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time_uv	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time_uv	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time_uv	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable	lat_uv		double
attribute	lat_uv	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	lat_uv	actual_range	double	22.99649, 28.66849
attribute	lat_uv	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	lat_uv	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	lat_uv	comment	String	The estimated latitude of the midpoint of the dive. For a glider profiling continuously, this latitude is 1/2 of the way between GPS fixes at the beginning and end of dives. This is the latitude to use with depth-averaged velocity (u_depth_mean, v_depth_mean) which is an average throughout the dive.
attribute	lat_uv	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	lat_uv	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	lat_uv	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	lat_uv	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	lat_uv	units	String	degrees_north
variable	lon_uv		double
attribute	lon_uv	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	lon_uv	actual_range	double	-93.36514, -83.41716
attribute	lon_uv	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	lon_uv	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	lon_uv	comment	String	The estimated longitude of the midpoint of the dive. For a glider profiling continuously, this longitude is 1/2 of the way between GPS fixes at the beginning and end of dives. This is the longitude to use with depth-averaged velocity (u_depth_mean, v_depth_mean) which is an average throughout the dive.
attribute	lon_uv	coverage_content_type	String	coordinate
attribute	lon_uv	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	lon_uv	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	lon_uv	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	lon_uv	units	String	degrees_east
variable	u_depth_mean		double
attribute	u_depth_mean	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	u_depth_mean	actual_range	double	-2.6156069046551456, 1.23307306419117
attribute	u_depth_mean	colorBarMaximum	double	0.5
attribute	u_depth_mean	colorBarMinimum	double	-0.5
attribute	u_depth_mean	coverage_content_type	String	physicalMeasurement
attribute	u_depth_mean	ioos_category	String	Currents
attribute	u_depth_mean	long_name	String	Depth-Averaged Eastward Sea Water Velocity
attribute	u_depth_mean	standard_name	String	eastward_sea_water_velocity
attribute	u_depth_mean	units	String	m s-1
variable	v_depth_mean		double
attribute	v_depth_mean	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	v_depth_mean	actual_range	double	-0.5826462813020102, 1.9487562659038715
attribute	v_depth_mean	colorBarMaximum	double	0.5
attribute	v_depth_mean	colorBarMinimum	double	-0.5
attribute	v_depth_mean	coverage_content_type	String	physicalMeasurement
attribute	v_depth_mean	ioos_category	String	Currents
attribute	v_depth_mean	long_name	String	Depth-Averaged Northward Sea Water Velocity
attribute	v_depth_mean	standard_name	String	northward_sea_water_velocity
attribute	v_depth_mean	units	String	m s-1

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