netcdf Parguera_Sargassum/Sargassum_Biomass/sargassum_biomass_Laurel.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (230 currently)
  variables:
    double time(time=230);
      :coverage_content_type = "coordinate";
      :_ChunkSizes = 512; // int

    String station_id;
      :long_name = "Station identifier";
      :cf_role = "timeseries_id";

    float latitude;
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :long_name = "Latitude";
      :axis = "Y";
      :coverage_content_type = "coordinate";

    float longitude;
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :long_name = "Longitude";
      :axis = "X";
      :coverage_content_type = "coordinate";

    float Sargassum_biomass(time=230);
      :_FillValue = -999.0f; // float
      :least_significant_digit = 2L; // long
      :standard_name = "mass_concentration_of_sargassum_in_sea_water";
      :units = "kg m-1";
      :long_name = "Sargassum biomass concentration";
      :method = "Measured in the field";
      :comment = "The weekly Sargassum biomass influx (kg∙m-1∙Wk-1) is quantified by transfering the Sargassum accumulated in traps to a mesh bag, and weighted on-site using an electronic fish scale. Sargassum traps are constructed with PVC pipe and plastic mesh (0.63 x 0.5 x 0.63 m; depth x width x height), deployed facing the prevailing southeasterly winds on the seaward edge.";
      :coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1024; // int

    int Sargassum_biomass_Flag(time=230);
      :_FillValue = -128; // int
      :Dimensions = "time";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :flag_values = 0L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 9L; // long
      :flag_meanings = "calculated_data, not_analyzed, good_data, questtionable_data, bad_data, missing_data";
      :long_name = "Quality flag for Sargassum_biomass";
      :coverage_content_type = "qualityInformation";
      :_ChunkSizes = 230; // int

  // global attributes:
  :title = "Sargassum monitoring program for Laurel station.";
  :acknowledgement = "This dataset is part of the Sargassum Monitoring Program, a collaboration between the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and CARICOOS Inc. Special thanks to Luis Rodrigez, Julian Morell, Adolfo Gonzalez, and Maribel Velez.";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
  :keywords = "oceanography, sargassum, Caribbean Sea, time series";
  :summary = "Weekly measurements of Sargassum biomass from coastal waters in southwestern Puerto Rico";
  :abstract = "This time series dataset includes weekly estimates of Sargassum influx from 2019 to 2024. These are used to track the dynamics of Sargassum inundation events in regional coastal and near-shore zones at the southwest part of Puerto Rico.";
  :investigator_1 = "Julio Morell";
  :investigator_1_email = "julio.morell@upr.edu";
  :investigator_2 = "Loraine Martell-Bonet";
  :investigator_2_email = "loraine.martell@upr.edu";
  :investigator_3 = "Priscilla Molina Cora";
  :investigator_3_email = "priscilla.molina@upr.edu";
  :institution = "CARICOOS Inc.";
  :institution_url = "https://www.caricoos.org/";
  :institution_address = "Road 304 End, Magueyes Island; Lajas, PR 00667";
  :institution_phone = "1-787-899-2564, 1-787-450-0139";
  :creator_name = "Edward L. Cruz Garcia";
  :creator_email = "edward.cruz1@upr.edu";
  :creator_url = "https://www.caricoos.org/";
  :publisher_name = "CARICOOS Inc.";
  :publisher_email = "info@caricoos.org";
  :publisher_url = "https://www.caricoos.org/";
  :funding_agency = "IOOS-NCOOS";
  :project = "Sargassum monitoring program";
  :Data_submitter = "Loraine Martell-Bonet";
  :Data_submitter_email = "loraine.martell@upr.edu";
  :source = "in situ measurement";
  :platform = "sampling_location";
  :platform_name = "Laurel";
  :platform_vocabulary = "http://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform";
  :processing_level = "Level 2";
  :purpose = "Weekly discrete sampling to assess Sargassum biomass.";
  :date_created = "2025-07-29T16:09:28Z";
  :history = "Created 2025-07-29T16:09:28Z";
  :comment = "This dataset is part of the Sargassum Monitoring Program, a collaboration between the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and CARICOOS Inc.";
  :references = "http://cfconventions.org";
  :featureType = "timeSeries";
  :geospatial_lat_min = 17.943191; // double
  :geospatial_lat_max = 17.943191; // double
  :geospatial_lon_min = -67.056441; // double
  :geospatial_lon_max = -67.056441; // double
  :time_coverage_start = "2021-03-19T00:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_end = "2025-07-24T00:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_duration = "P5Y";
  :time_coverage_resolution = "P1W";
  :time_coverage_interval = "P1W";
  :time_coverage_units = "days since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_standard_name = "time";
  :cdm_data_type = "TimeSeries";
  :cdm_timeseries_variables = "station_id, latitude, longitude";
}