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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	[drifter_tracks] - Drifter track data from drifters deployed on multiple R/V Endeavor, Albatross IV, Oceanus, Delaware, Cape Hatteras, Parizeau, and CCGS Cygnus cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999 (GLOBEC) (U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank)		F   I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_3660

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	access_formats	String	.htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv,.esriCsv,.geoJson,.odvTxt
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acquisition_description	String	The status of drogue presence is indicated by timing the submergence of the surface float. When the drogue is attached, its drag will cause the surface sphere to submerge occasionally as a wave passes. If the drogue has been lost, the surface sphere remains at the surface and is not buried by waves. When the surface float submerges, contacts on top of the sphere are shorted out by the seawater and the PTT controller starts counting the length of time (seconds) the contacts are shorted. Every 30 minutes the accumulated submergence time is scaled by 0.1 (for example, 1000 seconds is scaled to 100) and loaded into the first byte of the data string and a new submergence time is started. Typical submergence values are 10 to 100. Consistent submergence values of 0 indicate the drogue has been lost. The maximum submergence value is 180 and indicates the surface float is sinking, or heavily fouled. Those drifters with identifications starting with a \"g\" were generally deployed in US territorial waters and those with an \"n\" deployed in Canadian waters by the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	54610
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	unknown GB NSF
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funder_name	String	National Science Foundation
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_acronym	String	NSF
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_funding_source_nid	String	350
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager	String	David L. Garrison
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager_nid	String	50534
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_award_nid	String	54626
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_award_number	String	unknown GB NOAA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funder_name	String	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funding_acronym	String	NOAA
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_1_funding_source_nid	String	352
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Drifter Location Data GLOBEC Georges Bank, 1995-1999 Contributer: Richard Limeburner (WHOI) Modified by BCO-DMO 05-24-12: re-structured data, added yrday_gmt, cruiseid, and argosid.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	info at bco-dmo.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_source	String	extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2012-05-25T20:08:29Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-02-01T16:50:16Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.3660.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-13.247
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	53.623
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	21.036
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-13.247
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-77.139
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3660
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_acronym	String	BDFT
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid	String	5630
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_description	String	Drifter buoy to include the Beardsley Drifter. Generic drifter buoys may be surface or sub-surface buoys that move with the current. They have a variety of instruments attached, providing a platform that allows for the measurement of surface drifts, air pressure and other variables. The Beardsley Drifters are near-surface satellite-tracked drifters used for observations of circulation patterns. They are WOCE-style drifters featuring holey sock drogues. Each drifter has a small (~ 30 cm diameter) surface float with ARGOS transmitter and batteries tethered to a holey sock drogue centered at 15 m below the surface. The drogue, about 10 m tall and 1 m in diameter, is designed to "lock" itself to the water so that the surface float follows the mean water motion at 15 m depth with very little slippage even in high winds. Thus measuring the drifter's position as a function of time provides a Lagrangian measurement of the 15-m ocean current. (http://globec.whoi.edu/jg/info/globec/soglobec/drifters_argos%7Bdir=globec.whoi.edu/jg/dir/globec/soglobec/,data=globec.whoi.edu:80/jg/serv/globec/soglobec/drifters_argos.html1%7D?) WOCE-drifters: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/woce/woce_v3/wocedata_1/diu_summaries/svp/index.htm
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_name	String	Drifter Buoy
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_nid	String	424
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_supplied_name	String	Drifter Buoy
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	argosid, bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, cruiseid, data, dataset, date, day, day_gmt, dmo, drifterid, erddap, iso, latitude, longitude, management, month, month_gmt, oceanography, office, preliminary, start, submergence, temperature, time, time_gmt, year, year_start, yrday, yrday_gmt
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3660/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/3660
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	53.623
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'3660': {'lat': 'master - latitude', 'lon': 'master - longitude', 'ISO_DateTime_UTC': 'flag - time'}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/3660/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Dr Richard Limeburner
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	50423
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role	String	Principal Investigator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_role_type	String	originator
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation	String	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Shannon Rauch
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	51498
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role	String	BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	GB
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	GB
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program is a large multi- disciplinary multi-year oceanographic effort. The proximate goal is to understand the population dynamics of key species on the Bank - Cod, Haddock, and two species of zooplankton (Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus) - in terms of their coupling to the physical environment and in terms of their predators and prey. The ultimate goal is to be able to predict changes in the distribution and abundance of these species as a result of changes in their physical and biotic environment as well as to anticipate how their populations might respond to climate change. The effort is substantial, requiring broad-scale surveys of the entire Bank, and process studies which focus both on the links between the target species and their physical environment, and the determination of fundamental aspects of these species' life history (birth rates, growth rates, death rates, etc). Equally important are the modelling efforts that are ongoing which seek to provide realistic predictions of the flow field and which utilize the life history information to produce an integrated view of the dynamics of the populations. The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Executive Committee (EXCO) provides program leadership and effective communication with the funding agencies.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine, Northwest Atlantic Ocean
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	2037
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_website	String	http://globec.whoi.edu/globec_program.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	1991-01
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	21.036
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Drifter track data from drifters deployed on multiple R/V Endeavor, Albatross IV, Oceanus, Delaware, Cape Hatteras, Parizeau, and CCGS Cygnus cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999. Satellite-tracked drifters with holey sock drogues centered at 10, 15 and 40-m depths were deployed over Georges Bank during 1995-99 in support of the U.S. GLOBEC/Georges Bank Program.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	1999-07-08T20:59:06.00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	1995-01-01T06:01:54.00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[drifter_tracks] - Drifter track data from drifters deployed on multiple R/V Endeavor, Albatross IV, Oceanus, Delaware, Cape Hatteras, Parizeau, and CCGS Cygnus cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank from 1995-1999 (GLOBEC) (U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-77.139
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	year_start		short
attribute	year_start	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	year_start	actual_range	short	1995, 1999
attribute	year_start	bcodmo_name	String	year_start
attribute	year_start	description	String	Year that the drifter was initially deployed (e.g. 1995).
attribute	year_start	long_name	String	Year Start
attribute	year_start	units	String	dimensionless
variable	drifterid		String
attribute	drifterid	bcodmo_name	String	drifterid
attribute	drifterid	description	String	Drifter identification number. 'g' = drifter initially deployed in US water; 'n' = drifter deployed in Canadian waters by the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
attribute	drifterid	long_name	String	Drifterid
attribute	drifterid	units	String	dimensionless
variable	argosid		short
attribute	argosid	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	argosid	actual_range	short	3012, 24976
attribute	argosid	bcodmo_name	String	argosid
attribute	argosid	description	String	ARGOS drifter identification number.
attribute	argosid	long_name	String	Argosid
attribute	argosid	units	String	dimensionless
variable	cruiseid		String
attribute	cruiseid	bcodmo_name	String	cruiseid
attribute	cruiseid	description	String	Identification number of the cruise on which the drifter was initially deployed (e.g. OC302 = R/V Oceanus cruise number 302). 'nd' = cruiseid unknown.
attribute	cruiseid	long_name	String	Cruiseid
attribute	cruiseid	units	String	dimensionless
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	21.036, 53.623
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	bcodmo_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	description	String	Latitude in decimal degrees; positive = North.
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LATX/
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		double
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	_FillValue	double	NaN
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-77.139, -13.247
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	bcodmo_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	description	String	Longitude in decimal degrees; negative = West.
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LONX/
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	temp		float
attribute	temp	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	temp	actual_range	float	-5.0, 99.0
attribute	temp	bcodmo_name	String	temperature
attribute	temp	description	String	Water temperature.
attribute	temp	long_name	String	Temperature
attribute	temp	missing_value	float	NaN
attribute	temp	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/TEMPP901/
attribute	temp	units	String	degrees Celsius
variable	submergence		float
attribute	submergence	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	submergence	actual_range	float	-1.16, 2547.57
attribute	submergence	bcodmo_name	String	unknown
attribute	submergence	description	String	Tension value between surface float and drogue.
attribute	submergence	long_name	String	Submergence
attribute	submergence	units	String	unknown
variable	yrday_gmt		float
attribute	yrday_gmt	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	yrday_gmt	actual_range	float	1.0636, 365.9906
attribute	yrday_gmt	bcodmo_name	String	yrday_gmt
attribute	yrday_gmt	description	String	Day of the year and decimal time (01 to 366); calculated from the original column 'yrday_special' (year day since 01/01/95).
attribute	yrday_gmt	long_name	String	Yrday Gmt
attribute	yrday_gmt	units	String	dimensionless
variable	year		short
attribute	year	_FillValue	short	32767
attribute	year	actual_range	short	1995, 1999
attribute	year	bcodmo_name	String	year
attribute	year	description	String	Year, in YYYY format (e.g. 1996).
attribute	year	long_name	String	Year
attribute	year	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/YEARXXXX/
attribute	year	units	String	dimensionless
variable	month_gmt		String
attribute	month_gmt	bcodmo_name	String	month_gmt
attribute	month_gmt	description	String	Month of the year (01 to 12), in MM format.
attribute	month_gmt	long_name	String	Month Gmt
attribute	month_gmt	units	String	dimensionless
variable	day_gmt		String
attribute	day_gmt	bcodmo_name	String	day_gmt
attribute	day_gmt	description	String	Day of the month (0 to 30), in DD format.
attribute	day_gmt	long_name	String	Day Gmt
attribute	day_gmt	units	String	dimensionless
variable	time_gmt		String
attribute	time_gmt	bcodmo_name	String	time_gmt
attribute	time_gmt	description	String	Time of day (24 hour clock), including decimal minutes.
attribute	time_gmt	long_name	String	Time Gmt
attribute	time_gmt	units	String	dimensionless
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	7.88940114E8, 9.31467546E8
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	bcodmo_name	String	ISO_DateTime_UTC
attribute	time	description	String	Date and time (UTC) formatted to ISO8601 standard. T indicates start of time string; Z indicates UTC.
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	ISO Date Time UTC
attribute	time	nerc_identifier	String	https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DTUT8601/
attribute	time	source_name	String	ISO_DateTime_UTC
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	time_precision	String	1970-01-01T00:00:00.00Z
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.