Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................. 1
2. General Background................................................................................................. 1
2.1 Data Management Coordinating Committee (DMCC)......................................1
2.2 Information Management within SEACOOS ....................................................2
2.3 Data Scope .........................................................................................................3
3. File Format Background ......................................................................................... 4
3.1 Network Common Data Form (netCDF) ...........................................................4
3.2 Common Data Language (CDL)........................................................................5
3.3 NetCDF Conventions .........................................................................................6
4. Publishing and Sharing Data.................................................................................. 7
5. Data Format Categories ........................................................................................... 7
6. Required Variables ..................................................................................................10
6.1 Time Variable ..................................................................................................10
6.2 Longitude Variable ..........................................................................................10
6.3 Latitude Variable ..............................................................................................10
6.4 Vertical Variable ..............................................................................................11
7. Data Variables...........................................................................................................11
7.1 Wind .................................................................................................................11
7.2 Water Temperature ..........................................................................................12
7.3 Water Level......................................................................................................11
7.4 Ocean Currents.................................................................................................13
8. Filename .....................................................................................................................14
9. Global Attributes......................................................................................................14
9.1 Required Global Attributes ..............................................................................14
9.2 Recommended Global Attributes.....................................................................16
10. Variable Attributes ................................................................................................18
10.1 Required Variable Attributes .........................................................................18
10.2 Other Variable Attributes...............................................................................18
11. Standard Names ....................................................................................................20
12. Units ..........................................................................................................................20
13. Future Directions...................................................................................................20
14. References ..............................................................................................................21
Appendix A ....................................................................................................................22
A.1 fixed-point .......................................................................................................22
A.2 fixed-profiler ...................................................................................................24
A.3 fixed- map ........................................................................................................26
A.4 moving-point-2D.............................................................................................28
A.5 moving-point-3D.............................................................................................30
A.6 moving-profiler ...............................................................................................32