netcdf UMAINE_buoys_newFormat/VI1/Waves/A0136.ocean.003m.merged.nc {
  dimensions:
    number_tests = 14;
    station_string_length = 5;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (8516 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 = 42.5229; // 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 = -70.566; // double
      :comment = "Coordinate variable";

    double depth;
      :long_name = "Depth";
      :standard_name = "depth";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0721";
      :short_name = "D";
      :units = "m";
      :positive = "down";
      :valid_range = -1.0, 350.0; // double
      :axis = "Z";
      :epic_code = 3; // int
      :ioos_category = "location";
      :echo = 3.5; // double
      :comment = "Coordinate variable";

    char station(station_string_length=5);
      :cf_role = "timeseries_id";
      :long_name = "A01 - Massachusetts Bay";
      :short_name = "A01";
      :site_id = "A01";
      :site_name = "Massachusetts Bay";
      :type = "buoy";
      :site_description = "SE of Gloucester";
      :wmo_code = "44029";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :comment = "Station refers to site location rather than a specific mooring";

    char deployment(station_string_length=5);
      :long_name = "A0136: Massachusetts Bay";
      :short_name = "plat";
      :watch_circle_radius = 45; // int
      :mooring_type = "Slack";
      :goes_platform_id = "0441F72A";
      :platform_photo_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/images/gomoosbuoy.jpg";
      :water_depth = 65.0; // double
      :mooring_id = "A0136";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :uscg_light_list = "A";
      :uscg_light_list_number = "367";
      :comment = "Deployment refers to a specific mooring deployed at a station (site location)";

    double time(time=8516);
      :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 temperature(time=8516);
      :standard_name = "sea_water_temperature";
      :standard_name_url = "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0335";
      :gts_ingest = "true";
      :long_name = "Temperature";
      :short_name = "WT";
      :ancillary_variables = "temperature_qc temperature_qc_agg temperature_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 = "degree_Celsius";
      :units_metadata = "temperature: on_scale";
      :instrument = "instrument_1";
      :instrument_range = -2.0, 30.0; // double
      :valid_range = -2.0, 30.0; // double
      :data_min = 3.3499999046325684; // double
      :data_max = 21.809999465942383; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: point";
      :coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement";
      :platform = "moored_buoy";
      :resolution = 0.01; // double
      :accuracy = 0.05; // double
      :is_dead = 0.0; // double
      :is_off_station = 0.0; // double
      :epic_code = 20; // int
      :ioos_category = "temperature";
      :ncei_name = "WATER TEMPERATURE";
      :source = "buoy subsurface observation";
      :references = "see instrument";
      :computed_by = "instrument";
      :grid_mapping = "crs";
      :comment = "Measured by ADCP; converted from post-recovery downloaded instrument data";

    byte temperature_qc_agg(time=8516);
      :long_name = "temperature QARTOD Aggregate Flag";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "WTQAG";
      :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";
      :references = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/doc/qc_references.html";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :comment = "QARTOD QC flag";

    char temperature_qc_tests(time=8516, number_tests=14);
      :long_name = "temperature QARTOD Individual Tests";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "WTQTST";
      :coordinates = "time depth lat lon station actual_time time_modified time_processed";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :_FillValue = "0";
      :missing_value = "0";
      :flag_values = "1, 2, 3, 4, 9";
      :flag_meanings = "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
      :comment = "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 temperature_qc(time=8516);
      :long_name = "temperature QC";
      :standard_name = "quality_flag";
      :short_name = "TQC";
      :intent = "data_quality";
      :valid_range = -127B, 127B; // byte
      :_FillValue = -128B; // byte
      :missing_value = -128B; // byte
      :flag_values = 0B, 1B, 2B, 3B, 39B, 40B, 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 invalid_input_for_calculated_value valid_but_redundant other_automated_realtime_flag off_station manually_flagged";
      :ioos_category = "quality";
      :comment = "original QC quality flag";

    byte instrument_1;
      :long_name = "Ocean Current Profiler (ADCP)";
      :short_name = "RDIWK";
      :manufacturer = "RD_Instruments";
      :model = "WHS-300";
      :make_model = "RD_Instruments,WHS-300";
      :serial_number = "RDIWK1961";
      :id = "urn:ioos:sensor:edu.maine.umeoce:A0136:CURRENT_METER,RD_Instruments,RDIWK1961";
      :component = "CURRENT_METER,RD_Instruments,RDIWK1961";
      :number_samples_per_observation = 170; // int
      :averaging_period = 8; // int
      :clock_time = "Center of period";
      :averaging_period_units = "minutes";
      :ioos_category = "identifier";
      :comment = "Current Meter ";

    double actual_time(time=8516);
      :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=8516);
      :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=8516);
      :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 = "variable that indicates which redundant data stream was the source of a timeSeries record - see data_source flag_values and flag_meaning attributes";

    double time_processed(time=8516);
      :long_name = "Time of Last Source Record Update";
      :short_name = "time_src_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 A01 - Massachusetts Bay";
  :summary = "University of Maine real-time buoy observations in the Gulf of Maine at NERACOOS site A01 - Massachusetts Bay, located at 42d 31.374m N, 70d 33.960m W SE of Gloucester. NERACOOS buoy A0136 was deployed from 2016-07-07 20:20:00 until 2017-06-27 16:11:00 UTC.  Temperature measurements at a depth of 4 meters were measured by the acoustic doppler current profiler.";
  :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 = 2; // int
  :buffer_type = "doppler";
  :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-1.11,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 = "2017-06-27T15:00:00Z";
  :date_issued = "2017-06-27T15:00:00Z";
  :date_modified = "2017-06-27T15:00:00Z";
  :date_metadata_modified = "2026-06-16T20:57:32Z";
  :delta_t = 60; // int
  :depth_datum = "Sea Level";
  :ending_time = 1.4985756E9; // double
  :ending_time_string = "2017-06-27T15:00:00Z";
  :geospatial_bounds = "POINT (-70.5655 42.5232)";
  :geospatial_bounds_crs = "EPSG:4326";
  :geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs = "EPSG:5831";
  :geospatial_lat_max = 42.5229; // double
  :geospatial_lat_min = 42.5229; // double
  :geospatial_lat_units = "degrees_north";
  :geospatial_lat_resolution = "0.01 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_max = -70.566; // double
  :geospatial_lon_min = -70.566; // double
  :geospatial_lon_units = "degrees_east";
  :geospatial_lon_resolution = "0.001 degrees";
  :geospatial_vertical_min = 3.2; // double
  :geospatial_vertical_max = 3.2; // double
  :geospatial_vertical_positive = "down";
  :geospatial_vertical_units = "m";
  :geospatial_vertical_resolution = "0.5 meter";
  :gts_ingest = "true";
  :history = "";
  :id = "A0136.ocean.003m.merged_20260616T205732.805.nc";
  :infoUrl = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/buoy/A01";
  :institution = "Physical Oceanography Group, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine";
  :institution_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu";
  :instrument = "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Probes > Temperature Probe";
  :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 Temperature > Water Temperature";
  :keywords_vocabulary = "NASA/GCMD Science Keywords Version 8.1";
  :last_modified = "2017-06-27T15:00:00Z";
  :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 = -16.0; // double
  :metadata_link = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/buoy/A01/metadata";
  :mooring_history = "2016-07-07T20:20Z deployed by the R/V Connecticut\n2016-07-07T21:00Z (s/n=UMEMS026) Wave direction and tilt invalid from microstrain directional wave sensor.\n2016-07-07T21:00Z (accelerometer) (s/n=UMECB122) Wave data from summit accelerometer flagged as invalid (invalid memory address in data logger program).\n2016-09-11T00:00Z (sbe16) (s/n=SBESC6384) Data from SBE16+/trans at 52m becoming intermittent.\n2016-10-01T00:00Z (s/n=GILWM070210) (-4m) Intermittent spiking seen on primary wind sensor (Gill), generally observed at speeds > 25 kts.\n2016-12-10T00:00Z (s/n=UMECB120) Backup GOES buffers became corrupt despite valid checksums.\n2016-12-12T00:00Z (s/n=UMECB120) Primary cellphone tranmssions stopped from the buoy.  Attempts to contact the phone were unsuccessful although phone was visible on the AT&T network.\n2016-12-15T21:06Z (s/n=UMECB120) Normal communications resumed from this buoy (both cell and Goes).\n2017-01-30T14:00Z (sbe16) (s/n=SBESC6384) Last data received from 52 SBE16/transmissometer.  Talk-through attempts showed a response from the SBE44 but nothing from the SBE16.\n2017-02-19T05:40Z (met) (s/n=AANVS746) (-3m) Visiblity sensor flagged as invalid (reads too low).\n2017-03-25T00:00Z (met) (s/n=RMYWM46272) (-4m) Data from backup RMYoung wind sensor appears erratic (noisy and too high).\n2017-05-22T00:00Z (aanderaa) (s/n=AANCM686) Speeds appear nosiy and erratic.\n2017-06-22T18:30Z (s/n=UMECB122) New program loaded into control box remotely; valid accelerometer wave data being received now from this buoy.\n2017-06-25T16:07Z (sbe37) (s/n=SBEIM1729) Last data recorded in post-recovery 20m SBEIM (realtime data stopped 27 June 2017).\n2017-06-27T16:11Z recovered by the vessel Warren\n";
  :mooring_site_desc = "SE of Gloucester";
  :mooring_site_id = "A0136";
  :naming_authority = "edu.maine";
  :number_observations_per_hour = 1; // int
  :operator_sector = "academic";
  :platform = "moored_buoy";
  :platform_id = "A01";
  :platform_name = "A01 - Massachusetts 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 = "NERACOOS";
  :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 = "A01";
  :site_latitude = 42.5232; // double
  :site_longitude = -70.5655; // double
  :source = "Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS) Buoy";
  :sponsor = "NOAA";
  :standard_name_vocabulary = "CF Standard Name Table v72";
  :starting_time = 1.4679252E9; // double
  :starting_time_string = "2016-07-07T21:00:00Z";
  :station_photo_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/images/gomoosbuoy.jpg";
  :station_type = "Surface Mooring";
  :time_coverage_start = "2016-07-07T21:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_end = "2017-06-27T15:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_duration = "P354DT18H";
  :time_coverage_resolution = "PT60M";
  :time_deployed = "2016-07-07T20:20Z";
  :time_recovered = "2017-06-27T16:11Z";
  :time_zone = "UTC";
  :wmo_platform_code = "44029";
  :uuid = "648e625b-ef54-4840-9705-5c2b94cb6a30";
  :acknowledgement = "";
}