netcdf UMAINE_buoys_newFormat/PR2/Waves/F0118.position.gps.merged.nc {
  dimensions:
    number_tests = 14;
    station_string_length = 5;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (4342 currently)
  variables:
    double lat;
      :long_name = "Latitude in decimal degrees north";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0600";
      :short_name = "lat";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :valid_range = -90.0, 90.0; // double
      :epic_code = 500; // int
      :axis = "Y";
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :echo = 44.0548; // double
      :comment = "Coordinate variable";

    double lon;
      :long_name = "Longitude in decimal degrees east";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0554";
      :short_name = "lon";
      :modulo = 360.0; // double
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :valid_range = -180.0, 180.0; // double
      :epic_code = 502; // int
      :axis = "X";
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :echo = -68.998; // double
      :comment = "Coordinate variable";

    double depth;
      :long_name = "Depth";
      :standard_name = "depth";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSM0721";
      :short_name = "D";
      :units = "m";
      :positive = "down";
      :valid_range = -5.0, 3.0; // double
      :axis = "Z";
      :epic_code = 3; // int
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :echo = -3.0; // double
      :comment = "Coordinate variable";

    char station(station_string_length=5);
      :cf_role = "timeseries_id";
      :long_name = "F01 - Penobscot Bay";
      :short_name = "F01";
      :site_id = "F01";
      :site_name = "Penobscot Bay";
      :site_description = "Between Owls Head and Vinalhaven";
      :type = "buoy";
      :wmo_code = "44033";
      :ncei_name = "FIXED PLATFORM, MOORINGS";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :comment = "Station refers to site location rather than a specific mooring";

    char deployment(station_string_length=5);
      :long_name = "F0118: Penobscot Bay";
      :short_name = "plat";
      :watch_circle_radius = 75; // int
      :mooring_type = "Slack";
      :goes_platform_id = "0441F72A";
      :platform_photo_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/images/gomoosbuoy.jpg";
      :water_depth = 110.0; // double
      :mooring_id = "F0118";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :uscg_light_list = "F";
      :uscg_light_list_number = "4052";
      :comment = "Deployment refers to a specific mooring deployed at a station (site location)";

    double time(time=4342);
      :long_name = "Time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0115";
      :short_name = "time";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
      :valid_range = 0.0, 2.147483647E9; // double
      :epic_code = 624; // int
      :ioos_category = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :comment = "Coordinate variable, nominal time of observation";

    double gps_lat(time=4342);
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSM0600";
      :long_name = "GPS Latitude";
      :short_name = "GLAT";
      :ancillary_variables = "gps_lat_qc gps_lat_qc_agg gps_lat_qc_tests data_source";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :_FillValue = -999.0; // double
      :missing_value = -999.0; // double
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :instrument = "gps_source";
      :instrument_range = -90.0, 90.0; // double
      :valid_range = 0.0, 60.0; // double
      :data_min = 44.05408477783203; // double
      :data_max = 44.05583190917969; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: point";
      :coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement";
      :platform = "station";
      :resolution = 1.0E-5; // double
      :accuracy = 1.0E-4; // double
      :is_dead = 0.0; // double
      :is_off_station = 0.0; // double
      :epic_code = 500; // int
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :ncei_name = "LATITUDE";
      :source = "buoy tower observation";
      :references = "see instrument";
      :computed_by = "instrument";
      :grid_mapping = "crs";
      :comment = "Measured by GPS instrument onboard buoy each hour";

    byte gps_lat_qc_agg(time=4342);
      :long_name = "gps_lat QARTOD Aggregate Flag";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "GLATQAG";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :_FillValue = -128B; // byte
      :missing_value = -128B; // byte
      :references = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/doc/qc_references.html";
      :flag_values = 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 9B; // byte
      :flag_meanings = "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :comment = "QARTOD QC flag";

    char gps_lat_qc_tests(time=4342, number_tests=14);
      :long_name = "gps_lat QARTOD Individual Tests";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "GLATQTST";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :_FillValue = "0";
      :missing_value = "0";
      :flag_values = "1, 2, 3, 4, 9";
      :flag_meanings = "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
      :comments = "14-character array with results of individual QARTOD tests.  1:Gap, 2:Syntax, 3:Location, 4:Gross Range, 5:Climatology, 6:Spike, 7:Rate of Change, 8:Flat-line, 9:Multi-variate, 10:Attenuated Signal, 11:Neighbor, 12:Associated variable, 13:Manual, 14:Other";

    byte gps_lat_qc(time=4342);
      :long_name = "gps_lat QC";
      :short_name = "GLATQ";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :valid_range = -127B, 127B; // byte
      :_FillValue = -128B; // byte
      :missing_value = -128B; // byte
      :flag_values = 0B, 1B, 2B, 60B, 99B; // byte
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_non_functional off_station manually_flagged";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :comment = "original QC quality flag";

    double gps_lon(time=4342);
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0554";
      :long_name = "GPS Longitude";
      :short_name = "GLON";
      :ancillary_variables = "gps_lon_qc gps_lon_qc_agg gps_lon_qc_tests data_source";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :_FillValue = -999.0; // double
      :missing_value = -999.0; // double
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :instrument = "gps_source";
      :instrument_range = -180.0, 180.0; // double
      :valid_range = -180.0, 180.0; // double
      :data_min = -68.99893188476562; // double
      :data_max = -68.99691772460938; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: point";
      :coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement";
      :platform = "station";
      :resolution = 1.0E-5; // double
      :accuracy = 1.0E-4; // double
      :is_dead = 0.0; // double
      :is_off_station = 0.0; // double
      :epic_code = 501; // int
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :ncei_name = "LONGITUDE";
      :source = "buoy tower observation";
      :references = "see instrument";
      :computed_by = "instrument";
      :grid_mapping = "crs";
      :comment = "Measured by GPS instrument onboard buoy each hour";

    byte gps_lon_qc_agg(time=4342);
      :long_name = "gps_lon QARTOD Aggregate Flag";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "GLONQAG";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :_FillValue = -128B; // byte
      :missing_value = -128B; // byte
      :flag_values = 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 9B; // byte
      :flag_meanings = "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :comment = "QARTOD QC flag";
      :references = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/doc/qc_references.html";

    char gps_lon_qc_tests(time=4342, number_tests=14);
      :long_name = "gps_lon QARTOD Individual Tests";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "GLONQTST";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :_FillValue = "0";
      :missing_value = "0";
      :flag_values = "1, 2, 3, 4, 9";
      :flag_meanings = "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
      :comments = "14-character array with results of individual QARTOD tests.  1:Gap, 2:Syntax, 3:Location, 4:Gross Range, 5:Climatology, 6:Spike, 7:Rate of Change, 8:Flat-line, 9:Multi-variate, 10:Attenuated Signal, 11:Neighbor, 12:Associated variable, 13:Manual, 14:Other";

    byte gps_lon_qc(time=4342);
      :long_name = "gps_lon QC";
      :short_name = "GLONQ";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :valid_range = -127B, 127B; // byte
      :_FillValue = -128B; // byte
      :missing_value = -128B; // byte
      :flag_values = 0B, 1B, 2B, 60B, 99B; // byte
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :flag_meanings = "quality_good out_of_range sensor_non_functional off_station manually_flagged";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :comment = "original QC quality flag";

    byte gps_source(time=4342);
      :long_name = "GPS_Source";
      :short_name = "WSRC";
      :intent = "data_source";
      :_FillValue = -127B; // byte
      :missing_value = -127B; // byte
      :units = "1";
      :valid_range = 1B, 2B; // byte
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :coverage_content_type = "auxiliaryInformation";
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :comment = "Instrument number used for GPS measurement in time series - a value of 1 indicates instrument_1, a value of 2 indicates instrument_2";

    byte instrument_1;
      :long_name = "Position Sensor (GPS)";
      :short_name = "GPS";
      :manufacturer = "BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi";
      :model = "100-601903-522";
      :make_model = "BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi,100-601903-522";
      :serial_number = "BAEGP014716";
      :id = "urn:ioos:sensor:edu.maine.umeoce:F0118:GPS,BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi,BAEGP014716";
      :component = "GPS,BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi,BAEGP014716";
      :number_samples_per_observation = 4; // int
      :averaging_period = 1; // int
      :clock_time = "Center of period";
      :averaging_period_units = "seconds";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :comment = "GPS Sensor ";

    byte instrument_2;
      :long_name = "Position Sensor 2 (GPS)";
      :short_name = "GPS2";
      :manufacturer = "Garmin";
      :model = "GA29";
      :make_model = "Garmin,GA29";
      :serial_number = "GARAN017";
      :id = "urn:ioos:sensor_edu.maine.umeoce:F0118:GPS,Garmin,GARAN017";
      :component = "GPS,Garmin,GARAN017";
      :number_samples_per_observation = 1; // int
      :averaging_period = 1; // int
      :clock_time = "Center of period";
      :averaging_period_units = "seconds";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :comment = "GPS Sensor ";

    double actual_time(time=4342);
      :long_name = "Actual time of observation";
      :short_name = "AC_TIME";
      :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
      :_FillValue = -2.147483647E9; // double
      :missing_value = -2.147483647E9; // double
      :valid_range = 0.0, 2.147483647E9; // double
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :epic_code = 624; // int
      :ioos_category = "time";
      :comment = "auxiliary coordinate variable, may differ slightly from regularly spaced nominal time";

    double time_modified(time=4342);
      :long_name = "Time Record Last Modified";
      :short_name = "time_mod";
      :calendar = "julian";
      :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
      :_FillValue = -2.147483648E9; // double
      :missing_value = -2.147483648E9; // double
      :valid_range = 0.0, 2.147483647E9; // double
      :ioos_category = "other";
      :comment = "time of last update to record";

    byte data_source(time=4342);
      :long_name = "Source of data for each record";
      :short_name = "DATASRC";
      :_FillValue = -128B; // byte
      :missing_value = -128B; // byte
      :units = "1";
      :valid_range = 0B, 100B; // byte
      :flag_values = 0B, 10B, 20B, 30B, 40B; // byte
      :flag_meanings = "missing goes_realtime realtime post-recovery post-calibration";
      :comment = "Source of each record of data";

    double time_processed(time=4342);
      :long_name = "Time Record Processed";
      :short_name = "time_mod";
      :calendar = "julian";
      :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
      :_FillValue = -2.147483648E9; // double
      :missing_value = -2.147483648E9; // double
      :valid_range = 0.0, 2.147483647E9; // double
      :ioos_category = "other";
      :comment = "time of last update to source record";

    double crs;
      :grid_mapping_name = "latitude_longitude";
      :long_name = "coordinate_reference_system";
      :longitude_of_prime_meridian = 0.0; // double
      :semi_major_axis = 6378137.0; // double
      :inverse_flattening = 298.257223563; // double
      :epsg_code = "EPSG:4326";

  // global attributes:
  :title = "NERACOOS Gulf of Maine Buoy F01 - Penobscot Bay";
  :summary = "University of Maine real-time buoy observations in the Gulf of Maine at NERACOOS site F01 - Penobscot Bay, located at 44d 3.288m N, 68d 59.880m W Between Owls Head and Vinalhaven. University of Maine buoy F0118 was deployed from 2008-09-26 00:08:00 until 2009-03-25 21:55:00 UTC.  GPS positions (latitude and longitude) were taken hourly.";
  :featureType = "timeSeries";
  :ncei_template_version = "NCEI_NetCDF_TimeSeries_Orthogonal_Template_v2.0";
  :acknowledgment = "Buoys operated by the University of Maine Physical Oceanography Group (PhOG) are funded in part through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).";
  :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1; // int
  :algorithm_ids = "";
  :breakout_id = 9; // int
  :buffer_type = "diagnostics";
  :cdm_data_type = "Station";
  :cdm_timeseries_variables = "station, longitude, latitude";
  :clock_time = "Center of period";
  :comment = "University of Maine, Physical Oceanography Group";
  :contact = "um_phog_dmac@umeoce.maine.edu";
  :contributor_email = "info@neracoos.org,info@gmri.org";
  :contributor_name = "NERACOOS,Gulf of Maine Research Institute";
  :contributor_role = "funder,distributor";
  :contributor_role_vocabulary = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/";
  :contributor_url = "http://neracoos.org,http://www.gmri.org";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.8,ACDD-1.3,IOOS-1.2";
  :creator_address = "101 MacKay Lab";
  :creator_city = "Orono";
  :creator_country = "USA";
  :creator_email = "um_phog_dmac@umeoce.maine.edu";
  :creator_institution = "University of Maine";
  :creator_name = "UMaine/Physical Oceanography Group";
  :creator_phone = "207-581-4379";
  :creator_postalcode = "04469";
  :creator_state = "Maine";
  :creator_sector = "academic";
  :creator_type = "institution";
  :creator_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu";
  :date_created = "2009-03-25T21:00:00Z";
  :date_issued = "2009-03-25T21:00:00Z";
  :date_modified = "2009-03-25T21:00:00Z";
  :date_metadata_modified = "2026-02-09T23:29:41Z";
  :delta_t = 60; // int
  :depth_datum = "Sea Level";
  :ending_time = 1.2380148E9; // double
  :ending_time_string = "2009-03-25T21:00:00Z";
  :geospatial_bounds = "POLYGON ((-68.9990 44.0540, -68.9990 44.0559, -68.9968 44.0559, -68.9968 44.0540, -68.9990 44.0540))";
  :geospatial_bounds_crs = "EPSG:4326";
  :geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs = "EPSG:5831";
  :geospatial_lat_max = 44.05593190917969; // double
  :geospatial_lat_min = 44.05398477783203; // double
  :geospatial_lat_units = "degrees_north";
  :geospatial_lat_resolution = "0.01 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_max = -68.99681772460937; // double
  :geospatial_lon_min = -68.99903188476563; // double
  :geospatial_lon_units = "degrees_east";
  :geospatial_lon_resolution = "0.001 degrees";
  :geospatial_vertical_min = -3.0; // double
  :geospatial_vertical_max = -3.0; // double
  :geospatial_vertical_positive = "down";
  :geospatial_vertical_units = "m";
  :geospatial_vertical_resolution = "0.5 meter";
  :gts_ingest = "false";
  :history = "";
  :id = "F0118.position.gps.merged_20260209T232941.473.nc";
  :infoUrl = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/buoy/F01";
  :institution = "Physical Oceanography Group, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine";
  :institution_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu";
  :instrument = "Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Positioning/Navigation > GPS";
  :instrument_number = 0; // int
  :instrument_vocabulary = "NASA/GCMD Instrument Keywords Version 8.1";
  :ioos_ingest = "true";
  :julian_day_convention = "Julian date convention begins at 00:00:00 UTC on 17 November 1858 AD";
  :keywords = "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY POSITION";
  :keywords_vocabulary = "NASA/GCMD Science Keywords Version 8.1";
  :last_modified = "2009-03-25T21:00:00Z";
  :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, University of Maine, IOOS, NOAA, State of Maine 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.";
  :magnetic_variation = -17.3; // double
  :metadata_link = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/buoy/F01/metadata";
  :mooring_history = "2008-09-26T00:08Z redeployed by R.V Argo Maine\n2009-02-06T23:00Z (diagnostics) (s/n=BAEGP014716) Last valid data received from primary GPS.  Goes GPS still working okay.\n2009-02-15T19:10Z (met) (s/n=CAMAT011) Air temperature becoming a bit intermittent.\n2009-02-23T09:20Z (met) (s/n=AANVS344) Visibility readings near zero; data flagged as invalid.\n2009-03-25T21:55Z recovered by the R/V Delaware II\n";
  :mooring_site_desc = "Between Owls Head and Vinalhaven";
  :mooring_site_id = "F0118";
  :naming_authority = "edu.maine";
  :number_observations_per_hour = 1; // int
  :operator_sector = "academic";
  :platform = "station";
  :platform_id = "F01";
  :platform_name = "F01 - Penobscot Bay";
  :platform_vocabulary = "https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform";
  :position_datum = "WGS 84";
  :principal_investigator = "Dr. Neal R. Pettigrew";
  :principal_investigator_email = "nealp@maine.edu";
  :principal_investigator_institution = "University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences";
  :processing = "merged";
  :processing_level = "Realtime preliminary QC";
  :product_version = "UMO5.0";
  :program = "Integrated Ocean Observing System";
  :project = "University of Maine";
  :project_url = "http://www.neracoos.org";
  :publisher_address = "195 New Hampshire Ave Suite 240";
  :publisher_city = "Portsmouth";
  :publisher_country = "USA";
  :publisher_email = "um_phog_dmac@umeoce.maine.edu";
  :publisher_institution = "University of Maine";
  :publisher_name = "Bob Fleming";
  :publisher_phone = "207-581-4379";
  :publisher_postalcode = "03801";
  :publisher_state = "New Hampshire";
  :publisher_type = "person";
  :publisher_url = "http://gyre.umoece.maine.edu";
  :references = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/doc/buoy_system_doc/buoy_system/book1.html";
  :sea_name = "Gulf of Maine";
  :site_id = "F01";
  :site_latitude = 44.0555; // double
  :site_longitude = -68.9982; // double
  :source = "Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy";
  :sponsor = "NOAA";
  :standard_name_vocabulary = "CF Standard Name Table v72";
  :starting_time = 1.2223872E9; // double
  :starting_time_string = "2008-09-26T00:00:00Z";
  :station_photo_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/images/gomoosbuoy.jpg";
  :station_type = "Surface Mooring";
  :time_coverage_start = "2008-09-26T00:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_end = "2009-03-25T21:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_duration = "P180DT21H";
  :time_coverage_resolution = "PT60M";
  :time_deployed = "2008-09-26T00:08Zs";
  :time_recovered = "2009-03-25T21:55Zs";
  :time_zone = "UTC";
  :wmo_platform_code = "44033";
  :uuid = "0c82ba98-aa79-4521-b547-c2646638eb24";
  :acknowledgement = "";
}