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Dataset Title:	Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Wind Speed - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence
Institution:	Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Dataset ID: mpoDailySatelliteDataWsp)
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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	10318	1 day (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	644	-0.01041667 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	1527	0.01041667 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

wsp (wind speed, m s-1)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    UInt32 _ChunkSizes 512;
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 8.836128e+8, 1.7750016e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ADATAA01/";
    String nerc_standard_name "Date";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 45.20312500000001, 51.90104166666667;
    String axis "Y";
    String description "Latitude coordinates in decimal degree (degrees north)";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String standard_name_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0600/";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -71.296875, -55.401041666666664;
    String axis "X";
    String description "Longitude coordinates in decimal degree (degrees east)";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String standard_name_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0554/";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  wsp {
    UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1, 644, 1527;
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 30.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String colorBarPalette "YellowRed";
    String comment "Daily wind speed (10m above sea surface) from MERRA2, daily mean values computed from hourly time-average";
    String long_name "wind speed";
    String references "http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov; https://doi.org/10.5067/Y67YQ1L3ZZ4R";
    String source "MERRA2 tavg1_2d_ocn_Nx, https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/merra-2-tavg1-2d-ocn-nx-2d1-hourlytime-averagedsingle-levelassimilationocean-surface-diagn-65651";
    String standard_name "wind_speed";
    String standard_name_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0038/";
    String units "m s-1";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.8.1,hdf5=1.14.5";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String comment "Calculated from the MERRA-2 atmospheric reanalysis and interpolated onto a 1 km grid.";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "julien.laliberte@dfo-mpo.gc.ca";
    String creator_identifier "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6698-029X";
    String creator_institution "Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Institute";
    String creator_name "Julien Laliberte";
    String creator_type "person";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -55.401041666666664;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 51.90104166666667;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 45.20312500000001;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.010416666666666663;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -55.401041666666664;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -71.296875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.010416666666666668;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2026-10-16T21:13:23Z (remote files)
2026-10-16T21:13:23Z http://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataWsp.das";
    String infoUrl "https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/ca-cioos_28435c4a-f309-47d1-905c-c89e27a3d3f9";
    String institution "Fisheries and Oceans Canada";
    String institution_identifier "https://ror.org/02qa1x782";
    String keywords "mixed layer depth, ocean colour, sea ice, sea surface salinity, sea surface temperature, wind";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "Open Government Licence - Canada";
    String licenseUrl "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 51.90104166666667;
    String platform "satellite";
    String platform_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/";
    String project "Coastal Environmental Baseline Program";
    String project_url "https://ogsl.ca/en/coastal-environment-baseline-program/";
    String related_dataset "(1) Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Chlorophyll a - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence; (2) Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Mixed Layer Depth - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence; (3) Daily Ocean Variables - Moon PAR - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence; (4) Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Photosynthetically Available Radiation - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence; (5) Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Sea Ice Concentration - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, (6) Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Sea Surface Salinity - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence; (7) Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Sea Surface Temperature - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence";
    String related_dataset_identifier "(1) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataChl.graph; (2) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataMld.graph; (3) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataMoo.graph; (4) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataPar.graph; (5) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataSic.graph, (6) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataSss.graph; (7) https://erddap.ogsl.ca/erddap/griddap/mpoDailySatelliteDataSst.graph";
    String sourceUrl "(remote files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 45.20312500000001;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v86";
    String summary "Ocean Variables acquired daily by satellite in the estuary and gulf of St. Lawrence.";
    String time_coverage_end "2026-04-01";
    String time_coverage_start "1998-01-01";
    String title "Daily Ocean Variables from Satellite - Wind Speed - Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -71.296875;
  }
}

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