SEACOOS CDL v2.0
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Example: "Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO)"
:institution_url
Text. The URL of the institution that created the file.
Example: http://comps.marine.usf.edu/
:institution_dods_url
Text. The OPENDAP data access URL where the file was originally stored.
Example: http://comps.marine.usf.edu/DODS/
:contact
Text. Contact information for the file.
Example: Data Manager (data_manager@institution.edu)
:Conventions
Text. Name of the conventions used for the file. If there is another convention followed,
then add this to the character array. For example, use CF-v1.0;COARDS if following
the COARDS and CF-v1.0. Note the capitalization of the attribute name.
Example: CF-1.0.
The following global attributes are required by the SEACOOS data scout.
:format_category_code
Text. The specified SEACOOS format or data model of the netCDF file. These
formatting categories are described in more detail in Section 5. Only one of the options
below is a valid entry for this attribute.
Example: fixed-point
fixed-point
(buoy, tower)
moving-point-2D
(ship, floating drifter)
moving-point-3D
(sea glider, towed undulating vehicle, aircraft)
fixed-profiler
(wind profiler, ADCP)
moving-profiler
(ship-mounted ADCP, CTD surveys)
fixed-map
(HF Radar surface, satellite imagery)
:institution_code
Text. A short distinctive name (with no spaces) that is used by the institution responsible
for creating the data file.
Examples: usf, skio, carocoops, ndbc, nws, nos, usgs
usf = University of South Florida
skio = Skidaway Institution of Oceanagraphy
umiami = University of Miami
nccoos = North Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing System
carocoops = Carolina Ocean Observing and Prediction System
vos = Voluntary Observing Ship
sk = SeaKeepers
ndbc = National Data Buoy Center
nws = NWS Airport Data
nos = National Ocean Service
usgs = United States Geological Survey