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set | data | graph | files | Global Drifter Program hourly drifting buoy collection | ![]() | F I M | background![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| gdp_hourly_velocities |
Row Type | Variable Name | Attribute Name | Data Type | Value |
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attribute | NC_GLOBAL | acknowledgement | String | Elipot et al. (2016). Global Drifter Program quality-controlled hourly interpolated data from ocean surface drifting buoys, version 1.04c. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016JC011716TBA. Accessed [date]. |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cdm_data_type | String | Trajectory |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cdm_trajectory_variables | String | ID |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | comment | String | Global Drifter Program hourly data |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | contributor_name | String | NOAA Global Drifter Program |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | contributor_role | String | Data Acquisition Center |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Conventions | String | CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, COARDS |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_email | String | aoml.dftr at noaa.gov |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_name | String | GDP drifter DAC |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_type | String | institution |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_url | String | https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | date_created | String | 2021-01-22T05:01:47Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | date_issued | String | 2021-01-22T01:01:03Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | date_modified | String | 2021-01-22T01:01:03Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | doi | String | 10.1002/2016JC011716TBA |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Easternmost_Easting | double | 180.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | featureType | String | Trajectory |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_max | double | 89.89858 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_min | double | -78.30718 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_resolution | String | tbd |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_units | String | degrees_north |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_max | double | 180.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_min | double | -180.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_resolution | String | tbd |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_units | String | degrees_east |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | history | String | Version 1.04c. Metadata from dirall.dat and deplog.dat |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | infoUrl | String | https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/dirall.html![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | institution | String | NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | interpolation_method | String | Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords | String | aground, alive, atlantic, attached, bad, batteries, beginning, between, buoy, circulation, collection, confidence, currents, data, date, death, deploy_date, deploy_lat, deploy_lon, deployment, drifter, drifting, drogue, drogue_lost_date, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, eastward, end, end_date, end_lat, end_lon, err_lat, err_lon, err_ve, err_vn, experiment, expno, fix, gap, global, hour, hourly, identification, inactive, interpolated, interval, laboratory, latitude, lon360, longitude, loss, meteorological, missing, next, noaa, northward, number, obs, observations, ocean, oceanographic, oceans, organisation, organization, percent, picked, previous, program, ran, rowsize, science, sea, seawater, see, sporadic, status, still, stop, surface, surface current, surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity, surface_northward_sea_water_velocity, time, trajectory, transmissions, transmitting, type, typebuoy, typedeath, uncertain, value, velocity, vessel, water, WMO, world |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords_vocabulary | String | GCMD Science Keywords |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | licence | String | freely available |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | license | String | These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | metadata_link | String | https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/dirall.html![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Northernmost_Northing | double | 89.89858 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | processing_level | String | Level 2 QC by GDP drifter DAC |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_email | String | aoml.dftr at noaa.gov |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_name | String | GDP Drifter DAC |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_type | String | institution |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_url | String | https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | source | String | source description |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | sourceUrl | String | (local files) |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Southernmost_Northing | double | -78.30718 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | standard_name_vocabulary | String | CF Standard Name Table v30 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | subsetVariables | String | ID, location_type, WMO, expno |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | summary | String | Global Drifter Program hourly data |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_end | String | 2020-06-30T23:00:00Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_start | String | 1987-10-02T13:00:00Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | title | String | Global Drifter Program hourly drifting buoy collection |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Westernmost_Easting | double | -180.0 |
variable | ID | String | ||
attribute | ID | cf_role | String | trajectory_id |
attribute | ID | long_name | String | Global Drifter Program Buoy ID |
variable | location_type | String | ||
attribute | location_type | long_name | String | Location Type - GPS or Argos |
variable | WMO | int | ||
attribute | WMO | actual_range | int | 0, 8800888 |
attribute | WMO | colorBarMaximum | double | 100.0 |
attribute | WMO | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | WMO | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | WMO | long_name | String | World Meteorological Organization buoy identification number |
attribute | WMO | missing_value | int | -999 |
variable | expno | int | ||
attribute | expno | actual_range | int | 46, 31599 |
attribute | expno | colorBarMaximum | double | 100.0 |
attribute | expno | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | expno | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | expno | long_name | String | Experiment number |
attribute | expno | missing_value | int | -999 |
attribute | expno | units | String | count |
variable | deploy_date | double | ||
attribute | deploy_date | actual_range | double | 5.601312E8, 1.58526694E9 |
attribute | deploy_date | history | String | From deplog.dat |
attribute | deploy_date | ioos_category | String | Time |
attribute | deploy_date | long_name | String | Deployment date and time |
attribute | deploy_date | standard_name | String | time |
attribute | deploy_date | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
attribute | deploy_date | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
variable | deploy_lat | double | ||
attribute | deploy_lat | actual_range | double | -77.81, 89.142 |
attribute | deploy_lat | colorBarMaximum | double | 90.0 |
attribute | deploy_lat | colorBarMinimum | double | -90.0 |
attribute | deploy_lat | history | String | From deplog.dat |
attribute | deploy_lat | long_name | String | Deployment latitude |
attribute | deploy_lat | missing_value | double | -1.0E34 |
attribute | deploy_lat | units | String | degrees_north |
variable | deploy_lon | double | ||
attribute | deploy_lon | actual_range | double | -180.0, 180.0 |
attribute | deploy_lon | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
attribute | deploy_lon | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
attribute | deploy_lon | history | String | From deplog.dat |
attribute | deploy_lon | long_name | String | Deployment longitude |
attribute | deploy_lon | missing_value | double | -1.0E34 |
attribute | deploy_lon | units | String | degrees_east |
variable | end_date | double | ||
attribute | end_date | actual_range | double | 5.626368E8, 1.601424E9 |
attribute | end_date | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | end_date | ioos_category | String | Time |
attribute | end_date | long_name | String | End date and time |
attribute | end_date | standard_name | String | time |
attribute | end_date | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
attribute | end_date | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
variable | end_lat | double | ||
attribute | end_lat | actual_range | double | -77.49, 99.54 |
attribute | end_lat | colorBarMaximum | double | 90.0 |
attribute | end_lat | colorBarMinimum | double | -90.0 |
attribute | end_lat | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | end_lat | long_name | String | End latitude |
attribute | end_lat | missing_value | double | -1.0E34 |
attribute | end_lat | units | String | degrees_north |
variable | end_lon | double | ||
attribute | end_lon | actual_range | double | -179.99, 179.98 |
attribute | end_lon | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
attribute | end_lon | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
attribute | end_lon | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | end_lon | long_name | String | End longitude |
attribute | end_lon | missing_value | double | -1.0E34 |
attribute | end_lon | units | String | degrees_east |
variable | drogue_lost_date | double | ||
attribute | drogue_lost_date | actual_range | double | 0.0, 1.60038694E9 |
attribute | drogue_lost_date | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | drogue_lost_date | ioos_category | String | Time |
attribute | drogue_lost_date | long_name | String | Date of drogue loss (missing value=drogue still attached; 0=drogue status uncertain from beginning) |
attribute | drogue_lost_date | standard_name | String | time |
attribute | drogue_lost_date | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
attribute | drogue_lost_date | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
variable | typedeath | int | ||
attribute | typedeath | actual_range | int | 0, 6 |
attribute | typedeath | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | typedeath | long_name | String | Type of death (0=buoy still alive, 1=buoy ran aground, 2=picked up by vessel, 3=stop transmitting, 4=sporadic transmissions, 5=bad batteries, 6=inactive status) |
attribute | typedeath | missing_value | int | -999 |
variable | typebuoy | String | ||
attribute | typebuoy | history | String | From dirall.dat |
attribute | typebuoy | long_name | String | Buoy type (see https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/dirall.html) |
variable | longitude | float | ||
attribute | longitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lon |
attribute | longitude | actual_range | float | -180.0, 180.0 |
attribute | longitude | axis | String | X |
attribute | longitude | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
attribute | longitude | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
attribute | longitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | longitude | long_name | String | Longitude |
attribute | longitude | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | longitude | standard_name | String | longitude |
attribute | longitude | units | String | degrees_east |
attribute | longitude | valid_max | float | 180.0 |
attribute | longitude | valid_min | float | -180.0 |
variable | latitude | float | ||
attribute | latitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lat |
attribute | latitude | actual_range | float | -78.30718, 89.89858 |
attribute | latitude | axis | String | Y |
attribute | latitude | colorBarMaximum | double | 90.0 |
attribute | latitude | colorBarMinimum | double | -90.0 |
attribute | latitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | latitude | long_name | String | Latitude |
attribute | latitude | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | latitude | standard_name | String | latitude |
attribute | latitude | units | String | degrees_north |
attribute | latitude | valid_max | float | 90.0 |
attribute | latitude | valid_min | float | -90.0 |
variable | lon360 | float | ||
attribute | lon360 | actual_range | float | 0.0, 360.0 |
attribute | lon360 | axis | String | X |
attribute | lon360 | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
attribute | lon360 | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
attribute | lon360 | long_name | String | Longitude |
attribute | lon360 | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | lon360 | standard_name | String | longitude |
attribute | lon360 | units | String | degrees_east |
attribute | lon360 | valid_max | float | 360.0 |
attribute | lon360 | valid_min | float | 0.0 |
variable | time | double | ||
attribute | time | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Time |
attribute | time | actual_range | double | 5.60178E8, 1.593558E9 |
attribute | time | axis | String | T |
attribute | time | colorBarMaximum | double | 100.0 |
attribute | time | colorBarMinimum | double | -100.0 |
attribute | time | ioos_category | String | Time |
attribute | time | long_name | String | 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 |
attribute | time | valid_max | double | 90.0 |
attribute | time | valid_min | double | -90.0 |
variable | ve | float | ||
attribute | ve | actual_range | float | -8.3641, 50.1599 |
attribute | ve | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
attribute | ve | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
attribute | ve | long_name | String | Eastward velocity |
attribute | ve | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | ve | standard_name | String | surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity |
attribute | ve | units | String | m/s |
variable | vn | float | ||
attribute | vn | actual_range | float | -7.5208, 4.5053 |
attribute | vn | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
attribute | vn | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
attribute | vn | long_name | String | Northward velocity |
attribute | vn | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | vn | standard_name | String | surface_northward_sea_water_velocity |
attribute | vn | units | String | m/s |
variable | err_lat | float | ||
attribute | err_lat | actual_range | float | 0.0, 1.08302 |
attribute | err_lat | colorBarMaximum | double | 50.0 |
attribute | err_lat | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | err_lat | long_name | String | 95% confidence interval in latitude |
attribute | err_lat | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | err_lat | units | String | degrees_north |
variable | err_lon | float | ||
attribute | err_lon | actual_range | float | 0.0, 359.9995 |
attribute | err_lon | colorBarMaximum | double | 50.0 |
attribute | err_lon | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | err_lon | long_name | String | 95% confidence interval in longitude |
attribute | err_lon | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | err_lon | units | String | degrees_east |
variable | err_ve | float | ||
attribute | err_ve | actual_range | float | 0.0, 201.9779 |
attribute | err_ve | colorBarMaximum | double | 50.0 |
attribute | err_ve | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | err_ve | long_name | String | 95% confidence interval in eastward velocity |
attribute | err_ve | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | err_ve | units | String | m/s |
variable | err_vn | float | ||
attribute | err_vn | actual_range | float | 0.0, 6.6311 |
attribute | err_vn | colorBarMaximum | double | 50.0 |
attribute | err_vn | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | err_vn | long_name | String | 95% confidence interval in northward velocity |
attribute | err_vn | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | err_vn | units | String | m/s |
variable | gap | float | ||
attribute | gap | actual_range | float | 0.0, 43200.0 |
attribute | gap | long_name | String | time interval between previous and next location fix |
attribute | gap | missing_value | float | -1.0E34 |
attribute | gap | units | String | seconds |
variable | rowsize | int | ||
attribute | rowsize | actual_range | int | 13, 66417 |
attribute | rowsize | colorBarMaximum | double | 100.0 |
attribute | rowsize | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | rowsize | long_name | String | number of obs for this trajectory |
attribute | rowsize | sample_dimension | String | obs |
variable | DeployingShip | String | ||
attribute | DeployingShip | long_name | String | Deploying Ship |
variable | DeploymentStatus | String | ||
attribute | DeploymentStatus | long_name | String | Status of Deployment |
variable | BuoyTypeManufacturer | String | ||
attribute | BuoyTypeManufacturer | long_name | String | Buoy Type Manufacturer |
variable | BuoyTypeSensorArray | String | ||
attribute | BuoyTypeSensorArray | long_name | String | Buoy Type Sensor Array |
variable | CurrentProgram | String | ||
attribute | CurrentProgram | long_name | String | Current Program |
variable | PurchaserFunding | String | ||
attribute | PurchaserFunding | long_name | String | Purchaser Funding |
variable | SensorUpgrade | String | ||
attribute | SensorUpgrade | long_name | String | Sensor Upgrade |
variable | Transmissions | String | ||
attribute | Transmissions | long_name | String | Transmissions |
variable | DeployingCountry | String | ||
attribute | DeployingCountry | long_name | String | Deploying Country |
variable | DeploymentComments | String | ||
attribute | DeploymentComments | long_name | String | Deployment Comments |
variable | ManufactureYear | String | ||
attribute | ManufactureYear | long_name | String | Manufacture Year |
variable | ManufactureMonth | String | ||
attribute | ManufactureMonth | long_name | String | Manufacture Month |
variable | ManufactureSensorType | String | ||
attribute | ManufactureSensorType | long_name | String | Manufacture Sensor Type |
variable | ManufactureVoltage | String | ||
attribute | ManufactureVoltage | long_name | String | Manufacture Voltage |
variable | FloatDiameter | String | ||
attribute | FloatDiameter | long_name | String | Float Diameter |
variable | SubsfcFloatPresence | String | ||
attribute | SubsfcFloatPresence | long_name | String | Subsfc Float Presence |
variable | DrogueType | String | ||
attribute | DrogueType | long_name | String | Drogue Type |
variable | DrogueLength | String | ||
attribute | DrogueLength | long_name | String | Drogue Length |
variable | DrogueBallast | String | ||
attribute | DrogueBallast | long_name | String | Drogue Ballast |
variable | DragAreaAboveDrogue | String | ||
attribute | DragAreaAboveDrogue | long_name | String | Drag Area Above Drogue |
variable | DragAreaOfDrogue | String | ||
attribute | DragAreaOfDrogue | long_name | String | Drag Area Of Drogue |
variable | DragAreaRatio | String | ||
attribute | DragAreaRatio | long_name | String | Drag Area Ratio |
variable | DrogueCenterDepth | String | ||
attribute | DrogueCenterDepth | long_name | String | Drogue Center Depth |
variable | DrogueDetectSensor | String | ||
attribute | DrogueDetectSensor | long_name | String | Drogue Detect Sensor |
The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.