netcdf UMAINE_buoys_newFormat/VI1/Waves/A0141.position.gps.merged.nc {
  dimensions:
    number_tests = 14;
    station_string_length = 5;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (4284 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 = 42.5232; // 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 = -70.5655; // 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 = "A01 - Massachusetts Bay";
      :short_name = "A01";
      :site_id = "A01";
      :site_name = "Massachusetts Bay";
      :site_description = "SE of Gloucester";
      :type = "buoy";
      :wmo_code = "44029";
      :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 = "A0141: 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 = "A0141";
      :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=4284);
      :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=4284);
      :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 = 42.52253341674805; // double
      :data_max = 42.52593231201172; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: point";
      :coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement";
      :platform = "moored_buoy";
      :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=4284);
      :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=4284, 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";
      :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 gps_lat_qc(time=4284);
      :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, 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";

    double gps_lon(time=4284);
      :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 = -70.56658172607422; // double
      :data_max = -70.56048583984375; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: point";
      :coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement";
      :platform = "moored_buoy";
      :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=4284);
      :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=4284, 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";
      :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 gps_lon_qc(time=4284);
      :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, 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 gps_source(time=4284);
      :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 = "variable indicating instrument used for position measurement - value of 1 indicates instrument_1 was used, value of 2 indicates instrument_2 was used";

    byte instrument_1;
      :long_name = "Position Sensor (GPS)";
      :short_name = "GPS";
      :manufacturer = "BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi";
      :model = "100-601903-002";
      :make_model = "BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi,100-601903-002";
      :serial_number = "BAEGP014970";
      :id = "urn:ioos:sensor:edu.maine.umeoce:A0141:GPS,BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi,BAEGP014970";
      :component = "GPS,BAE/NavTech/Canadian_Marconi,BAEGP014970";
      :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 = "GARAN034";
      :id = "urn:ioos:sensor_edu.maine.umeoce:A0141:GPS,Garmin,GARAN034";
      :component = "GPS,Garmin,GARAN034";
      :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=4284);
      :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=4284);
      :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=4284);
      :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=4284);
      :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 31.392m N, 70d 33.930m W SE of Gloucester. NERACOOS buoy A0141 was deployed from 2019-06-01 01:21:00 until 2019-11-26 13:40:00 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-1.11,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 = "2019-11-26T13:00:00Z";
  :date_issued = "2019-11-26T13:00:00Z";
  :date_modified = "2019-11-26T13:00:00Z";
  :date_metadata_modified = "2026-06-16T21:01:44Z";
  :delta_t = 60; // int
  :depth_datum = "Sea Level";
  :ending_time = 1.5747732E9; // double
  :ending_time_string = "2019-11-26T13:00:00Z";
  :geospatial_bounds = "POLYGON ((-70.5667 42.5224, -70.5667 42.5260, -70.5604 42.5260, -70.5604 42.5224, -70.5667 42.5224))";
  :geospatial_bounds_crs = "EPSG:4326";
  :geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs = "EPSG:5831";
  :geospatial_lat_max = 42.52603231201172; // double
  :geospatial_lat_min = 42.522433416748044; // double
  :geospatial_lat_units = "degrees_north";
  :geospatial_lat_resolution = "0.01 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_max = -70.56038583984375; // double
  :geospatial_lon_min = -70.56668172607422; // 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 = "A0141.position.gps.merged_20260616T210144.493.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 = "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 = "2019-11-26T13:00:00Z";
  :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 = -14.8; // double
  :metadata_link = "https://oceandata.umeoce.maine.edu/buoy/A01/metadata";
  :mooring_history = "2019-06-01T01:21Z deployed by the R/V Connecticut\n2019-07-14T01:10Z (s/n=UMECB122) Last cellphone connection received from buoy.  Backup GOES transmissions continue to work although certain variables missing from backup data stream (50m O2).\n2019-11-26T13:40Z Recovered by R/V Connecticut.  The locking rings on the SBE43 DO sensor and pump were loose; otherwise all looked okay.\n";
  :mooring_site_desc = "SE of Gloucester";
  :mooring_site_id = "A0141";
  :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 = 1.5593544E9; // double
  :starting_time_string = "2019-06-01T02:00:00Z";
  :station_photo_url = "http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/images/gomoosbuoy.jpg";
  :station_type = "Surface Mooring";
  :time_coverage_start = "2019-06-01T02:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_end = "2019-11-26T13:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_duration = "P178DT11H";
  :time_coverage_resolution = "PT60M";
  :time_deployed = "2019-06-01T01:21Z";
  :time_recovered = "2019-11-26T13:40Z";
  :time_zone = "UTC";
  :wmo_platform_code = "44029";
  :uuid = "1793efec-9432-4148-a6ed-e9ff8e44171e";
  :acknowledgement = "";
}