Dataset Information

Owner: "Web site owner: Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)"
title: "CO-OPS Wind Data"
host: "http://opendap.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/dods/"
contact: "IOOS.Webmaster@noaa.gov"
REQUIRED_Fields: " _STATION_ID, _BEGIN_DATE and _END_DATE "

Variables in this Dataset

WIND_PX: Sequence
_STATION_ID: String
  • long_name: "Station Id"
  • comment: "REQUIRED 7-character Station ID surrounded in double quotes. To view the station id listing go to: http://opendap.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/stations/index.jsp "
_BEGIN_DATE: String
  • long_name: "REQUIRED 8- to 14-character Begin Date (yyyymmdd hh:mi) surrounded in double quotes"
  • Examples: " 20040321 OR 20030712 19:02 "
_END_DATE: String
  • long_name: "REQUIRED 8- to 14-character End Date (yyyymmdd hh:mi) surrounded in double quotes"
  • comment: "Up to one year"
DCP: String
  • long_name: "DCP number"
  • comment: "1-character DCP number surrounded in double quotes"
SENSOR_ID: String
  • long_name: "Sensor Id"
  • comment: "2-character Sensor ID surrounded in double quotes: C1 - Wind"
DATE_TIME: String
  • long_name: "Converted UTC Date Time Stamp in double quotes (MMM DD YYYY hh:mm(AM or PM)) (E.g. Jul 13 2004 3:48PM)"
  • comment: "The date time stamp unit is in UTC, presented in a 12hr format. You may want to convert to 24 hr format before use. (E.g. 12:06 AM = 0006 UTC, 11:48 PM = 2348 UTC)"
Wind_Speed: 64 bit Real
  • long_name: "Wind speed is in meters per second"
Wind_Direction: 64 bit Real
  • long_name: "Wind direction in degrees"
Wind_Gust: 64 bit Real
  • long_name: "Wind gust is in meters per second"
X: 8 bit Byte
  • comment: "A flag that when set to 1 indicates that the maximum wind speed was exceeded"
R: 8 bit Byte
  • long_name: "A flag that when set to 1 indicates that the rate of change tolerance limit was exceeded"

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CO-OPS DODS Relational Database Server

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