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| Row Type | Variable Name | Attribute Name | Data Type | Value |
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| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cdm_data_type | String | Grid |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | contact | String | erd.data at noaa.gov |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Conventions | String | CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creation_date | String | Thu Apr 3 13:06:34 2025 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_email | String | erd.data at noaa.gov |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_name | String | NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_type | String | institution |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_url | String | https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov
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| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | defaultGraphQuery | String | &.draw=vectors |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Easternmost_Easting | double | 179.75 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_max | double | 75.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_min | double | -75.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_resolution | double | 0.25 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_units | String | degrees_north |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_max | double | 179.75 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_min | double | -180.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_resolution | double | 0.25 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_units | String | degrees_east |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_max | double | 10.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_min | double | 10.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_positive | String | up |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_units | String | m |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | history | String | 1-day geographic projection composites, created by erd.data@noaa.gov from L2 swath data obtained from NOAA|NESDIS, are used to create multi-day composites via the composite script in the dalesLibAscatB.py library by erd.data@noaa.gov at NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | infoUrl | String | https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QB_ux10_las.html
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| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | institution | String | NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords | String | advanced, altitude, ascat, atmosphere, atmospheric, coast, coastwatch, data, degrees, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds, eumetsat, european, exploitation, global, meteorological, metop, near, near real time, noaa, node, nrt, ocean, oceans, organisation, QBux10, quality, real, satellites, scatterometer, surface, time, wcn, west, wind, winds, x_wind, zonal |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | license | String | The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended\nfor legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data\nContributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any\nof their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or\nimplied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a\nparticular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,\ncompleteness, or usefulness, of this information. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | naming_authority | String | gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Northernmost_Northing | double | 75.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_email | String | erd.data at noaa.gov |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_name | String | NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_type | String | institution |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_url | String | https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov
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| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | references | String | NOAA/NESDIS https://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/products/ASCAT.php .
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| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | source_data | String | 31-day composite mean of files: QB2025090_2025090_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025089_2025089_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025088_2025088_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025087_2025087_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025086_2025086_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025085_2025085_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025084_2025084_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025083_2025083_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025082_2025082_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025081_2025081_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025080_2025080_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025079_2025079_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025078_2025078_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025077_2025077_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025076_2025076_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025075_2025075_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025074_2025074_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025073_2025073_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025072_2025072_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025071_2025071_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025070_2025070_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025069_2025069_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025068_2025068_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025067_2025067_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025066_2025066_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025065_2025065_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025064_2025064_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025063_2025063_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025062_2025062_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025061_2025061_ux10.grd.gz, QB2025060_2025060_ux10.grd.gz |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | sourceUrl | String | (local files) |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Southernmost_Northing | double | -75.0 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | spatial_resolution | String | 0.25 degree |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | standard_name_vocabulary | String | CF Standard Name Table v70 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | summary | String | NOAA CoastWatch distributes near real time wind data originating with wind velocity measurements from the ASCAT instrument onboard EUMETSAT's Metop-B satellite. ASCAT is a microwave scatterometer designed to measure surface winds over the global ocean. Wind velocity is processed to wind divergence by NOAA CoastWatch. (This is a monthly composite.) |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | testOutOfDate | String | now-60days |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_end | String | 2025-03-16T00:00:00Z |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_start | String | 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | title | String | Wind, Metop-B ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2013-present (Monthly), Lon+/-180 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Westernmost_Easting | double | -180.0 |
| dimension | time | double | nValues=133, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=31 days 19h 27m 16s | |
| attribute | time | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Time |
| attribute | time | actual_range | double | 1.3792896E9, 1.7420832E9 |
| attribute | time | axis | String | T |
| attribute | time | ioos_category | String | Time |
| attribute | time | long_name | String | Centered Time |
| attribute | time | standard_name | String | time |
| attribute | time | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
| attribute | time | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| dimension | altitude | double | nValues=1, onlyValue=10.0 | |
| attribute | altitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Height |
| attribute | altitude | _CoordinateZisPositive | String | up |
| attribute | altitude | actual_range | double | 10.0, 10.0 |
| attribute | altitude | axis | String | Z |
| attribute | altitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | altitude | long_name | String | Altitude |
| attribute | altitude | positive | String | up |
| attribute | altitude | standard_name | String | altitude |
| attribute | altitude | units | String | m |
| dimension | latitude | double | nValues=601, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25 | |
| attribute | latitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lat |
| attribute | latitude | actual_range | double | -75.0, 75.0 |
| attribute | latitude | axis | String | Y |
| attribute | latitude | coordsys | String | geographic |
| attribute | latitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | latitude | long_name | String | Latitude |
| attribute | latitude | point_spacing | String | even |
| attribute | latitude | standard_name | String | latitude |
| attribute | latitude | units | String | degrees_north |
| dimension | longitude | double | nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25 | |
| attribute | longitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lon |
| attribute | longitude | actual_range | double | -180.0, 179.75 |
| attribute | longitude | axis | String | X |
| attribute | longitude | coordsys | String | geographic |
| attribute | longitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | longitude | long_name | String | Longitude |
| attribute | longitude | point_spacing | String | even |
| attribute | longitude | standard_name | String | longitude |
| attribute | longitude | units | String | degrees_east |
| variable | x_wind | float | time, altitude, latitude, longitude | |
| attribute | x_wind | _FillValue | float | -99999.0 |
| attribute | x_wind | colorBarMaximum | double | 15.0 |
| attribute | x_wind | colorBarMinimum | double | -15.0 |
| attribute | x_wind | coordsys | String | geographic |
| attribute | x_wind | ioos_category | String | Wind |
| attribute | x_wind | long_name | String | Zonal Wind |
| attribute | x_wind | missing_value | float | -99999.0 |
| attribute | x_wind | standard_name | String | x_wind |
| attribute | x_wind | units | String | m s-1 |
| variable | y_wind | float | time, altitude, latitude, longitude | |
| attribute | y_wind | _FillValue | float | -99999.0 |
| attribute | y_wind | colorBarMaximum | double | 15.0 |
| attribute | y_wind | colorBarMinimum | double | -15.0 |
| attribute | y_wind | coordsys | String | geographic |
| attribute | y_wind | ioos_category | String | Wind |
| attribute | y_wind | long_name | String | Meridional Wind |
| attribute | y_wind | missing_value | float | -99999.0 |
| attribute | y_wind | standard_name | String | y_wind |
| attribute | y_wind | units | String | m s-1 |