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	attribute Conventions = "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3"
	attribute NCO = "\"4.6.3\""
	attribute acknowledgement = "Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: \"These data were provided by GHRSST and the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). This project was supported in part by a grant from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites. The data were downloaded from NOAA CoastWatch-West Coast Regional Node and Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Environment Research Division.\" To cite these data in a paper, please follow the instructions in the license and at this link: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/information.html#citeDataset"
	attribute cdm_data_type = "Grid"
	attribute cdr_id = "gov.noaa.ncdc:C00983"
	attribute cdr_program = "NOAA Climate Data Record Program for satellites"
	attribute cdr_variable = "sea_surface_temperature"
	attribute comment = "SST from AVHRR Pathfinder v. 5.3"
	attribute compsite_source_files = "19880911135720-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988255_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880910140825-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988254_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880909225522-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988253_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880908141404-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988252_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880907135433-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988251_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880906140435-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988250_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880905141542-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988249_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc, 19880904142724-NCEI-L3C_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.3_NOAA09_G_1988248_day-v02.0-fv01.0.nc"
	attribute contributor_name = "Kenneth Casey"
	attribute contributor_role = "Source of original L3 daily Pathfinder data"
	attribute creator_email = "erd.data@noaa.gov"
	attribute creator_institution = "NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/Environmental Research Division, NOAA CoastWatch West Coast"
	attribute creator_name = "NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD, NOAA CoastWatch West Coast"
	attribute creator_type = "institution"
	attribute creator_url = "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap"
	attribute date_created = "2018-10-03T22:51:47.674276Z"
	attribute date_metadata_modified = "2018-10-03T22:51:47.674276Z"
	attribute date_modified = "2018-10-03T22:51:47.674276Z"
	attribute day_or_night = "Day"
	attribute easternmost_longitude = 180.0
	attribute file_quality_level = 5
	attribute gds_version_id = "2.0"
	attribute geospatial_bounds_crs = "EPSG:4326"
	attribute geospatial_lat_max = 89.9791718
	attribute geospatial_lat_min = -89.9791565
	attribute geospatial_lat_resolution = 0.0416667014
	attribute geospatial_lat_units = "degrees north"
	attribute geospatial_lon_max = 179.979202
	attribute geospatial_lon_min = -179.979202
	attribute geospatial_lon_resolution = 0.0416667014
	attribute geospatial_lon_units = "degrees east"
	attribute history = (text block)
| Wed Nov 28 09:50:52 2018: ncatted -a references,global,o,c,https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov and Casey, K.S., T.B. Brandon, P. Cornillon, and R. Evans: The Past, Present and Future of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST Program, in Oceanography from Space: Revisited, eds. V. Barale, J.F.R. Gower, and L. Alberotanza, Springer, 2010. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_16. -a metadata_link,global,o,c,https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:AVHRR_Pathfinder-NCEI-L3C-v5.3 -a infoUrl,global,o,c,https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:AVHRR_Pathfinder-NCEI-L3C-v5.3 -a reference,sea_ice_fraction,o,c,Reynolds, et al.(2006) Daily High-resolution Blended Analyses. Available at https://doi.org/10.7289/V5SQ8XB5 ./PH53_1988248_1988255_sstd.nc
| 2018-10-03: Daily Pathfinder Version 5.3 daily composites were obtained from https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/nceiPH53sstn1day. Multi-day composites were created by averaging, pixel by pixel, data from the daily files
	attribute id = "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/nceiPH53sstd8day.html"
	attribute infoUrl = "https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:AVHRR_Pathfinder-NCEI-L3C-v5.3"
	attribute institution = "NCEI"
	attribute keywords = "Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature, avhrr, sea_surface_skin_temperature, sea_surface_temperature, sst, pathfinder, NCEI, NOAA, SWFSC, NMFS, CoastWatch West Coast"
	attribute keywords_vocabulary = "NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords v8.4"
	attribute license = "These data are available for use without restriction. Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: \"These data were provided by GHRSST and the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). This project was supported in part by a grant from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites. The data were downloaded from NOAA CoastWatch-West Coast Regional Node and Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Environment Research Division.\" To cite these data in a paper, please follow the instructions in the license and at this link: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/information.html#citeDataset"
	attribute metadata_link = "https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:AVHRR_Pathfinder-NCEI-L3C-v5.3"
	attribute naming_authority = "gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch"
	attribute ncei_template_version = "NCEI_NetCDF_Grid_Template_v2.0"
	attribute northernmost_latitude = 90.0
	attribute orbit_node = "Ascending"
	attribute platform = "NOAA-9"
	attribute principal_year_day_for_collated_orbits = "1988248, 1988249, 1988250, 1988251, 1988252, 1988253, 1988254, 1988255"
	attribute processing_level = "L3C"
	attribute product_version = "PFV5.3 (source data)"
	attribute program = "NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites (source data)"
	attribute project = "Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (source data)"
	attribute publisher_email = "erd.data@noaa.gov"
	attribute publisher_institution = "NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD, NOAA CoastWatch West Coast"
	attribute publisher_name = "NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD, NOAA CoastWatch West Coast"
	attribute publisher_type = "institution"
	attribute publisher_url = "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov"
	attribute references = "https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov and Casey, K.S., T.B. Brandon, P. Cornillon, and R. Evans: The Past, Present and Future of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST Program, in Oceanography from Space: Revisited, eds. V. Barale, J.F.R. Gower, and L. Alberotanza, Springer, 2010. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_16."
	attribute sea_name = "World-Wide Distribution"
	attribute source = "Satellite observations from GAC AVHRR using version 5.3 of the Pathfinder algorithm"
	attribute southernmost_latitude = -90.0
	attribute spatial_resolution = "0.0416667 degree"
	attribute standard_name_vocabulary = "Climate and Forecast (CF) Standard Name Table (Version 29, 08 July 2015)"
	attribute start_time = "1988-09-04T00:00:00Z"
	attribute stop_time = "1988-09-12T00:00:00Z"
	attribute summary = "This netCDF file contains sea surface temperature (SST) data produced as part of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST Project. The source data were created using Version 5.3 of the Pathfinder algorithm and the file is nearly but not completely compliant with the GHRSST Data Specifications V2.0 (GDS2). Source data were created by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Multi-day composites were created by NOAA CoastWatch-West Coast and NOAA/SWFSC/ERD"
	attribute time_coverage_duration = "P8D"
	attribute time_coverage_end = "1988-09-12T00:00:00Z"
	attribute time_coverage_resolution = "P1D"
	attribute time_coverage_start = "1988-09-04T00:00:00Z"
	attribute title = "SST, Pathfinder Ver 5.3 (L3C), Day, Global, Science Quality (8 Day Composite)"
	attribute uuid = "uuids for source data files: BF0F592E-878A-449E-BAA6-079F3CA9155A, C7A0F4F4-76B5-4DCE-BCAE-980F6C487148, 06AE7385-51FB-4CC1-93FE-550079CD9895, 492F6013-0E68-4757-A687-00F239CBA8BA, 48C5318D-275B-4762-8921-D7163411EA65, 144DEE37-C719-4907-82AD-62487794A98B, 925434A6-4F01-443D-AB62-0F9D9736213C, 66E6385C-5D25-4546-A804-8FD07B02B4AD"
	attribute westernmost_longitude = -180.0
dataset /crs: int32, shape ()
	attribute comment = "This is a container variable that describes the grid_mapping used by the data in this file. This variable does not contain any data; only information about the geographic coordinate system."
	attribute epsg_code = "EPSG:4326"
	attribute grid_mapping_name = "latitude_longitude"
	attribute inverse_flattening = 298.257223563
	attribute long_name = "coordinate reference system"
	attribute semi_major_axis = 6378137.0
dataset /l2p_flags: int16, shape (1, 4320, 8640)
	attribute add_offset = 0.0
	attribute colorBarMaximum = 16.0
	attribute colorBarMinimum = 0.0
	attribute comment = "Bit zero (0) is always set to zero to indicate infrared data. Bit one (1) is set to zero for any pixel over water (ocean, lakes and rivers). Land pixels were determined by rasterizing the Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Shoreline (GSHHS) Database from the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. Any 4 km Pathfinder pixel whose area is 50% or more covered by land has bit one (1) set to 1. Bit two (2) is set to 1 when the sea_ice_fraction is 0.15 or greater. Bits three (3) and four (4) indicate lake and river pixels, respectively, and were determined by rasterizing the US World Wildlife Fund's Global Lakes and Wetlands Database. Any 4 km Pathfinder pixel whose area is 50% or more covered by lake has bit three (3) set to 1. Any 4 km Pathfinder pixel whose area is 50% or more covered by river has bit four (4) set to 1."
	attribute coverage_content_type = "referenceInformation"
	attribute flag_masks = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256
	attribute flag_meanings = "microwave land ice lake river reserved_for_future_use unused_currently unused_currently unused_currently"
	attribute grid_mapping = "crs"
	attribute ioos_category = "Quality"
	attribute long_name = "L2P flags"
	attribute scale_factor = 1.0
	attribute valid_max = 256
	attribute valid_min = 0
dataset /latitude: float32, shape (4320)
	attribute _CoordinateAxisType = "Lat"
	attribute actual_range = -89.9791565, 89.9791718
	attribute axis = "Y"
	attribute comment = "Latitude values are the centers of the grid cells"
	attribute ioos_category = "Location"
	attribute long_name = "latitude"
	attribute reference_datum = "Geographical coordinates, WGS84 datum"
	attribute standard_name = "latitude"
	attribute units = "degrees_north"
	attribute valid_max = 90.0
	attribute valid_min = -90.0
dataset /longitude: float32, shape (8640)
	attribute _CoordinateAxisType = "Lon"
	attribute actual_range = -179.979202, 179.979202
	attribute axis = "X"
	attribute comment = "Longitude values are the centers of the grid cells"
	attribute ioos_category = "Location"
	attribute long_name = "longitude"
	attribute reference_datum = "Geographical coordinates, WGS84 datum"
	attribute standard_name = "longitude"
	attribute units = "degrees_east"
	attribute valid_max = 180.0
	attribute valid_min = -180.0
dataset /sea_ice_fraction: int8, shape (1, 4320, 8640)
	attribute _FillValue = -128
	attribute add_offset = 0.0
	attribute cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 8.0 day)"
	attribute comment = "Sea ice concentration data are taken from the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSISAF) Global Daily Sea Ice Concentration Reprocessing Data Set (http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0068294) when these data are available. The data are reprojected and interpolated from their original polar stereographic projection at 10km spatial resolution to the 4km Pathfinder Version 5.3 grid. When the OSISAF data are not available for both hemispheres on a given day, the sea ice concentration data are taken from the sea_ice_fraction variable found in the L4 GHRSST DailyOI SST product from NOAA/NCDC, and are interpolated from the 25km DailyOI grid to the 4km Pathfinder Version 5.3 grid."
	attribute coverage_content_type = "auxiliaryInformation"
	attribute grid_mapping = "crs"
	attribute ioos_category = "Ice Distribution"
	attribute long_name = "Sea Ice Fraction"
	attribute reference = "Reynolds, et al.(2006) Daily High-resolution Blended Analyses. Available at https://doi.org/10.7289/V5SQ8XB5"
	attribute scale_factor = 0.01
	attribute source = "NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC Daily optimum interpolation(OI) SST on 1/4-degree grid"
	attribute standard_name = "sea_ice_area_fraction"
	attribute units = "1"
	attribute valid_max = 127
	attribute valid_min = -127
dataset /sea_surface_temperature: int16, shape (1, 4320, 8640)
	attribute _FillValue = -9999
	attribute add_offset = 0.0
	attribute ancillary_variables = "l2p_flags"
	attribute cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 8.0 day)"
	attribute comment = "Skin temperature of the ocean. This dataset contains only the highest quality data (level 5, best_quality) as defined by the GHRSST Data Specification version 2."
	attribute coverage_content_type = "physicalMeasurement"
	attribute grid_mapping = "crs"
	attribute ioos_category = "Temperature"
	attribute long_name = "NOAA Climate Data Record of Sea Surface Skin Temperature"
	attribute scale_factor = 0.01
	attribute source = "AVHRR_GAC-CLASS-L1B-NOAA_19-v1"
	attribute standard_name = "sea_surface_skin_temperature"
	attribute units = "degree_C"
	attribute valid_max = 4500
	attribute valid_min = -180
dataset /time: int32, shape (1)
	attribute _CoordinateAxisType = "Time"
	attribute actual_range = 1356868800.0, 1356868800.0
	attribute axis = "T"
	attribute calendar = "gregorian"
	attribute comment = "The midpoint of the composite time period."
	attribute ioos_category = "Time"
	attribute long_name = "Centered Time"
	attribute standard_name = "time"
	attribute time_origin = "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00"
	attribute units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00"
dataset /wind_speed: int8, shape (1, 4320, 8640)
	attribute _FillValue = -128
	attribute add_offset = 0.0
	attribute cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 8.0 day)"
	attribute comment = "These wind speeds were created by NCEP-DOE Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP-II) reanalysis (R-2) and represent winds at 10 metres above the sea surface."
	attribute coverage_content_type = "auxiliaryInformation"
	attribute grid_mapping = "crs"
	attribute height = "10 m"
	attribute ioos_category = "Wind"
	attribute long_name = "10m wind speed"
	attribute scale_factor = 1.0
	attribute source = "NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2)"
	attribute standard_name = "wind_speed"
	attribute units = "m s-1"
	attribute valid_max = 127
	attribute valid_min = -127