Dataset Information

title: "NDBC TAO Observations at 8S 155W"
summary: "TAO high resolution data of wind to direction, etc. collected by TAO ATLAS buoys at nominal location 8S 155W."
keywords: "Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO), NDBC TAO Array, ATLAS buoy, Wind to Direction."
institution: "NOAA National Weather Service"
creator_name: "National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)"
creator_url: "http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov"
project: "TAO/NDBC/NOAA"
references: "http://tao.noaa.gov"
Conventions: "CF-1.0"
Unlimited_Dimension: "time"

Variables in this Dataset

time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..6270]
long_name: "Epoch Time"
standard_name: "time"
units: "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC"
height: Array of 32 bit Integers [height = 0..0]
long_name: "Height"
standard_name: "height"
units: "m"
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
units: "degrees_north"
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
units: "degrees_east"
wind_to_direction: Grid
long_name: "Wind to Direction"
standard_name: "wind_to_direction"
short_name: "wdir"
units: "degrees_true"
ancillary_variables: "quality_status_flag"
_FillValue: 1.000000041e+35
wind_to_direction: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..6270][height = 0..0][latitude = 0..0][longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Wind to Direction"
standard_name: "wind_to_direction"
short_name: "wdir"
units: "degrees_true"
ancillary_variables: "quality_status_flag"
_FillValue: 1.000000041e+35
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..6270]
long_name: "Epoch Time"
standard_name: "time"
units: "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC"
height: Array of 32 bit Integers [height = 0..0]
long_name: "Height"
standard_name: "height"
units: "m"
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
units: "degrees_north"
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
units: "degrees_east"
wind_from_direction: Grid
long_name: "Wind from Direction"
standard_name: "wind_from_direction"
units: "degrees_true"
ancillary_variables: "quality_status_flag"
_FillValue: 1.000000041e+35
wind_from_direction: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..6270][height = 0..0][latitude = 0..0][longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Wind from Direction"
standard_name: "wind_from_direction"
units: "degrees_true"
ancillary_variables: "quality_status_flag"
_FillValue: 1.000000041e+35
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..6270]
long_name: "Epoch Time"
standard_name: "time"
units: "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC"
height: Array of 32 bit Integers [height = 0..0]
long_name: "Height"
standard_name: "height"
units: "m"
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
units: "degrees_north"
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
units: "degrees_east"
quality_status_flag: Grid
long_name: "Quality Status Flag"
standard_name: "quality_status_flag"
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, -9
flag_meanings: "not_evaluated failed_quality_test suspect_data good_data changed_data missing_data"
_FillValue: 0
quality_status_flag: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..6270][height = 0..0][latitude = 0..0][longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Quality Status Flag"
standard_name: "quality_status_flag"
flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, -9
flag_meanings: "not_evaluated failed_quality_test suspect_data good_data changed_data missing_data"
_FillValue: 0
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..6270]
long_name: "Epoch Time"
standard_name: "time"
units: "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC"
height: Array of 32 bit Integers [height = 0..0]
long_name: "Height"
standard_name: "height"
units: "m"
latitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
units: "degrees_north"
longitude: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..0]
long_name: "Longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
units: "degrees_east"