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Dataset Title:  PMEL Atmospheric Chemistry VOCALS AOD(4080) data Subscribe RSS
Institution:  NOAA   (Dataset ID: ACG_VOCALS_RHBrown_aod4080)
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 time (Datetime UTC, UTC) ?          2008-10-21T21:30:09Z    2008-11-28T19:14:24Z
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 trajectory_id ?      
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 duration (second) ?      
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?          -21.001817    -5.360523
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 longitude (degrees_east) ?          -85.6193    -70.3272
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 altitude (height above mean sea level, m) ?      
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 aod_380 ?          0.04424    0.473075
 aod_440 ?          0.028984    0.49371
 aod_500 ?          0.026089    0.536066
 aod_675 ?          0.017164    0.573299
 aod_870 ?          0.016709    0.630674
 air_mass (atm) ?          1.005131    2.326475
 
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.224624609e+9, 1.227899664e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String comment "Start of sampling period";
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Datetime UTC";
    String source_name "datetime_utc";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  trajectory_id {
    String cf_role "trajectory_id";
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Trajectory ID";
  }
  duration {
    Int32 _FillValue 2147483647;
    Int32 actual_range 360, 360;
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Duration";
    String units "second";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -21.001817, -5.360523;
    String axis "Y";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "GPS";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 90.0;
    Float64 valid_min -90.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -85.6193, -70.3272;
    String axis "X";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "GPS";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max 180.0;
    Float64 valid_min -180.0;
  }
  altitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "up";
    Float64 actual_range 18.0, 18.0;
    String axis "Z";
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "height above mean sea level";
    String positive "up";
    String standard_name "altitude";
    String units "m";
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_380 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.04424, 0.473075;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 380nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_440 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.028984, 0.49371;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 440nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_500 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.026089, 0.536066;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 500nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_675 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.017164, 0.573299;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 675nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_870 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.016709, 0.630674;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 870nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  air_mass {
    Float64 actual_range 1.005131, 2.326475;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer and GPS";
    String ioos_category "Physical Oceanography";
    String long_name "Integrated Air Density Along Solar Ray Path";
    String source "surface observation";
    String units "atm";
    Float64 valid_max 90.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Trajectory";
    String cdm_trajectory_variables "trajectory_id";
    String comment 
"Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)
A handheld Microtops sunphotometer (Solar Light Co.) was used for the measurement of AOD at wavelengths of 380, 440, 500, 675, and 870 nm.  Details about the data processing can be found at:

https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/man_data.html";
    String contributor_name "Coffman, Derek/NOAA-PMEL/Address: 7600 Sand Pt. Wy. NE,Seattle,WA 98115 /email: derek.coffman@noaa.gov";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, NCCSV-1.0";
    String creator_email "derek.coffman@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "Coffman, Derek";
    String creator_url "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/";
    String dimensions "time=247";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -70.3272;
    String featureType "Trajectory";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max -5.360523;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -21.001817;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -70.3272;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -85.6193;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 18.0;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 18.0;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "up";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String history 
"2025-05-09T21:56:17Z (local files)
2025-05-09T21:56:17Z https://data.pmel.noaa.gov/pmel/erddap/tabledap/ACG_VOCALS_RHBrown_aod4080.html";
    String infoUrl "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acg/data/index.html";
    String institution "NOAA";
    String keywords "380nm, 440nm, 500nm, 675nm, 870nm, above, absorption, aerosol, air, air_mass, along, altitude, ambient, aod, aod_380, aod_440, aod_500, aod_675, aod_870, atmosphere, atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles, atmospheric, chemistry, data, datetime, density, depth, due, duration, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Altitude > Station Height, environmental, height, identifier, integrated, laboratory, latitude, level, longitude, marine, mean, noaa, oceanography, optical, optical properties, pacific, particles, path, physical, physical oceanography, pmel, properties, ray, science, sea, solar, station, thickness, time, trajectory, trajectory_id, vocals";
    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. 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).";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing -5.360523;
    String platform "RHBrown";
    String product_version "0";
    String project "VOCALS";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -21.001817;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String subsetVariables "trajectory_id, duration, altitude";
    String summary "The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study - Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx) is an international field experiment designed to better understand physical and chemical processes central to the climate system of the Southeast Pacific (SEP) region. The climate of the SEP region is a tightly coupled system involving poorly understood interactions between the ocean, the atmosphere, and the land. VOCALS-REx will focus on interactions between clouds, aerosols, marine boundary layer (MBL) processes, upper ocean dynamics and thermodynamics, coastal currents and upwelling, large-scale subsidence, and regional diurnal circulations, to the west of the Andes mountain range. The field experiment is ultimately driven by a need for improved model simulations of the coupled climate system in both the SEP and over the wider tropics and subtropics.";
    String time_coverage_end "2008-11-28T19:14:24Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2008-10-21T21:30:09Z";
    String title "PMEL Atmospheric Chemistry VOCALS AOD(4080) data";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -85.6193;
  }
}

 

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