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Dataset Title:  MUltiparameter NRT System for Tracking Eddies Retroactively and Multiparameter
Eddy Significance Index, Multiple satellite inputs (Altimetry, salinity,
chlorophyll-a, temperature), EXPERIMENTAL, Global, 0.25 degree, Daily
  RSS
Institution:  NOAA   (Dataset ID: noaacweddymunsterdaily)
Information:  Summary ? | License ? | FGDC | ISO 19115 | Metadata | Background | Files | Make a graph
 
Dimensions ? Start ? Stride ? Stop ?  Size ?    Spacing ?
 time (UTC) ?      1776    1 day 0h 8m 7s (uneven)
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?      480    0.25 (even)
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 longitude (degrees_east) ?      1440    0.25 (even)
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Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables) 
 mesi (Mean Mulitparameter Eddy Significance Index) ?
 Uinside_anti (geostrophic eastward velocity values inside Anticyclones, m s-1) ?
 Vinside_anti (geostrophic northward velocity values inside Anticyclones, m s-1) ?
 Label_anti (Anticyclone label number in lat-lon space) ?
 Uinside_cyclo (geostrophic eastward velocity values inside cyclones, m s-1) ?
 Vinside_cyclo (geostrophic northward velocity values inside cyclones, m s-1) ?
 Label_cyclo (Cyclone label number in lat-lon space) ?

File type: (more information)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.5886368e+9, 1.7428608e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String bounds "time_bnds";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -59.875, 59.875;
    String axis "Y";
    String bounds "lat_bnds";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float32 valid_max 90.0;
    Float32 valid_min -90.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -179.875, 179.875;
    String axis "X";
    String bounds "lon_bnds";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float32 valid_max 180.0;
    Float32 valid_min -180.0;
  }
  mesi {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Mean Mulitparameter Eddy Significance Index";
    Float32 valid_max 10.0;
    Float32 valid_min -10.0;
  }
  Uinside_anti {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "geostrophic eastward velocity values inside Anticyclones";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  Vinside_anti {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "geostrophic northward velocity values inside Anticyclones";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  Label_anti {
    Int32 _FillValue 2147483647;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Anticyclone label number in lat-lon space";
  }
  Uinside_cyclo {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "geostrophic eastward velocity values inside cyclones";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  Vinside_cyclo {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "geostrophic northward velocity values inside cyclones";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  Label_cyclo {
    Int32 _FillValue 2147483647;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Cyclone label number in lat-lon space";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String CoastWatch_URL "https://coastwatch.noaa.gov";
    String comment "experimental prototype";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "coastwatch.info@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "NOAA COASTWATCH";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/";
    String date_created "2025-04-01T14:56:04.592352+00:00";
    String defaultGraphQuery "noaacweddymunsterdaily.graph%3Fmesi%5B(2024-05-19T00%3A00%3A00Z)%5D%5B(-89.875)%3A(89.875)%5D%5B(-179.875)%3A(179.875)%5D%26.draw%3Dsurface%26.vars%3Dlongitude%7Clatitude%7Cmesi%26.colorBar%3DCRW_sstanomaly%7C%7C%7C-5%7C5%7C%26.bgColor%3D0xffccccff";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 59.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -59.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"experimental
2025-04-02T00:40:12Z (local files)
2025-04-02T00:40:12Z https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/noaacweddymunsterdaily.das";
    String infoUrl "https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/";
    String institution "NOAA";
    String keywords "anticyclone, anticyclones, circulation, currents, cyclone, cyclones, data, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, eastward, eddy, geostrophic, identification, index, inside, label, Label_anti, Label_cyclo, lat-lon, latitude, longitude, mean, mesi, mesoscale, mulitparameter, noaa, northward, number, ocean, oceans, science, sea, seawater, significance, space, statistics, surface, surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity, surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity, time, tracking, Uinside_anti, Uinside_cyclo, values, velocity, Vinside_anti, Vinside_cyclo, water";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Data courtesy of NOAA,Sentinel Data courtesy of Copernicus Program,Generated using AVISO+ Products.";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 59.875;
    String source "Satellite data";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -59.875;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "Identification of mesoscale cyclonic and anticyclonic eddy locations and properties.";
    String testOutOfDate "now-2days";
    String time_coverage_end "2025-03-25T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2020-05-05T00:00:00Z";
    String title "MUltiparameter NRT System for Tracking Eddies Retroactively and Multiparameter Eddy Significance Index, Multiple satellite inputs (Altimetry, salinity, chlorophyll-a, temperature), EXPERIMENTAL, Global, 0.25 degree, Daily";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.875;
  }
}

 

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griddap request URLs must be in the form
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For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
Thus, the query is often a data variable name (e.g., analysed_sst), followed by [(start):stride:(stop)] (or a shorter variation of that) for each of the variable's dimensions (for example, [time][latitude][longitude]).

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