WOA_SAL_873e_726a_1b4d

Name: World Ocean Atlas 2018 : sea_water_salinity December 1955-2017 0.25 degree
Creator: Ocean Climate Laboratory
License: These data are openly available to the public. Please acknowledge the use of these data with the text given in the acknowledgment attribute.

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph	M		World Ocean Atlas 2018 : sea_water_salinity December 1955-2017 0.25 degree		F I M	background			NCEI	WOA_SAL_873e_726a_1b4d

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Grid
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	global climatology as part of the World Ocean Atlas project.Modified at NOAA/AOML to keep only the upper 500m s_an values
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_name	String	Ocean Climate Laboratory
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_role	String	Calculation of climatologies
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, COARDS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	NCEI.info at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_institution	String	National Centers for Environmental Information
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	Ocean Climate Laboratory
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2019-07-30
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-07-30
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	179.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	89.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-89.875
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	179.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-179.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_resolution	double	0.25
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	id	String	woa18_decav_s12_04.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/woa18/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NCEI
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	1955-2017, analyzed, atlas, centers, data, degree, density, depth, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, environmental, fields, information, level, levels, mean, national, ncei, nesdis, noaa, objectively, ocean, oceans, oceans< ocean salinity >, practical, s_an, salinity, science, sea, sea level, sea_water_practical_salinity, seawater, standard, time, water, world
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	These data are openly available to the public. Please acknowledge the use of these data with the text given in the acknowledgment attribute.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_link	String	https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/woa18/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	naming_authority	String	gov.noaa.ncei
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	nodc_template_version	String	NODC_NetCDF_Grid_Template_v2.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	89.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_level	String	processed
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	World Ocean Atlas Project
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_email	String	NCEI.info at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_institution	String	National Centers for Environmental Information
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_url	String	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	Zweng, M. M, J. R. Reagan, D. Seidov, T. P. Boyer, R. A. Locarnini, H. E. Garcia, A. V. Mishonov, O. K. Baranova, C. R. Paver, K. W. Weathers, I. Smolyar, 2019: World Ocean Atlas 2018, Volume 2: Salinity. A. Mishonov, technical editor, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 82.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sea_name	String	World-Wide Distribution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-89.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v49
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Climatological mean salinity for the global ocean from in situ profile data
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_duration	String	P63Y
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2653-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_resolution	String	P01M
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	World Ocean Atlas 2018 : sea_water_salinity December 1955-2017 0.25 degree
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-179.875
dimension	time		double	nValues=12, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=22180 days 4h 21m 49s
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	4.733856E8, 2.15534304E10
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	calendar	String	standard
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
dimension	depth		float	nValues=37, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=13.88888888888889
attribute	depth	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Height
attribute	depth	_CoordinateZisPositive	String	down
attribute	depth	actual_range	float	0.0, 500.0
attribute	depth	axis	String	Z
attribute	depth	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	depth	long_name	String	Depth
attribute	depth	positive	String	down
attribute	depth	standard_name	String	depth
attribute	depth	units	String	m
dimension	latitude		float	nValues=720, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	float	-89.875, 89.875
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
dimension	longitude		float	nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	float	-179.875, 179.875
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	s_an		float	time, depth, latitude, longitude
attribute	s_an	_FillValue	float	9.96921E36
attribute	s_an	cell_methods	String	area: mean depth: mean time: mean within years time: mean over years
attribute	s_an	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	s_an	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	s_an	grid_mapping	String	crs
attribute	s_an	ioos_category	String	Sea Level
attribute	s_an	long_name	String	Objectively analyzed mean fields for sea_water_salinity at standard depth levels.
attribute	s_an	standard_name	String	sea_water_practical_salinity
attribute	s_an	units	String	PSU

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