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Dataset Title:	Forecast, Salish Sea, Near-surface Depth Averaged Currents, 1h
Institution:	UBC EOAS (Dataset ID: ubcSSfDepthAvgdCurrents1h)
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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (Time axis, UTC)	180	1h 0m 0s (even)

gridY (count)	898	1.0 (even)

gridX (count)	398	1.0 (even)

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

VelEast10 (Upper 10 grid levels East Velocity, m/s)

VelNorth10 (Upper 10 grid levels North Velocity, m/s)

VelNorth5 (Upper 5 grid levels North Velocity, m/s)

VelEast5 (Upper 5 grid levels East Velocity, m/s)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 actual_range 1.734309e+9, 1.7349534e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "proleptic_gregorian";
    String comment "time values are UTC at the centre of the intervals over which the calculated model results are averaged; e.g. the field average values for the 00:00 to 01:00 UTC hour on 2021-06-03 have a time value of 2021-06-03 00:30:00Z";
    String coverage_content_type "modelResult";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time axis";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  gridY {
    Int16 actual_range 0, 897;
    String comment "gridY values are grid indices in the model y-direction; geo-location data for the SalishSeaCast NEMO model grid is available in the ubcSSnBathymetry2V17-02 dataset.";
    String coverage_content_type "modelResult";
    String ioos_category "location";
    String long_name "Grid Y";
    String standard_name "y";
    String units "count";
  }
  gridX {
    Int16 actual_range 0, 397;
    String comment "gridX values are grid indices in the model x-direction; geo-location data for the SalishSeaCast NEMO model grid is available in the ubcSSnBathymetry2V17-02 dataset.";
    String coverage_content_type "modelResult";
    String ioos_category "location";
    String long_name "Grid X";
    String standard_name "x";
    String units "count";
  }
  VelEast10 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -8.0;
    String comment "Average velocity over the upper 10 grid levels, nominally 10 m";
    String ioos_category "currents";
    String long_name "Upper 10 grid levels East Velocity";
    String standard_name "eastward_sea_water_velocity_upper_10_grid_levels";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  VelNorth10 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -8.0;
    String comment "Average velocity over the upper 10 grid levels, nominally 10 m";
    String ioos_category "currents";
    String long_name "Upper 10 grid levels North Velocity";
    String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity_upper_10_grid_levels";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  VelNorth5 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -8.0;
    String comment "Average velocity over the upper 5 grid levels, nominally 5 m";
    String ioos_category "currents";
    String long_name "Upper 5 grid levels North Velocity";
    String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity_upper_5_grid_levels";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  VelEast5 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -8.0;
    String comment "Average velocity over the upper 5 grid levels, nominally 5 m";
    String ioos_category "currents";
    String long_name "Upper 5 grid levels East Velocity";
    String standard_name "eastward_sea_water_velocity_upper_5_grid_levels";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String acknowledgement "MEOPAR, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), Digital Research Alliance of Canada";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String comment 
"If you use this dataset in your research,
please reference it with wording similar to the example below,
and include citations of the publications below.
Inclusion of the date(s) when you downloaded the dataset,
and the dataset id help to ensure reproducibility of your work.

Reference wording:

Forecasted near-surface depth averaged water current component fields from the SalishSeaCast model
(Soontiens et al, 2016; Soontiens and Allen, 2017)
were downloaded from their ERDDAP server
(https://salishsea.eos.ubc.ca/erddap/)
on DATE from dataset ubcSSfDepthAvgdCurrents1h.

Citations:

Soontiens, N., Allen, S., Latornell, D., Le Souef, K., Machuca, I., Paquin, J.-P., Lu, Y., Thompson, K., Korabel, V., 2016.
Storm surges in the Strait of Georgia simulated with a regional model. Atmosphere-Ocean 54 1-21.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2015.1108899

Soontiens, N. and Allen, S., 2017.
Modelling sensitivities to mixing and advection in a sill-basin estuarine system. Ocean Modelling, 112, 17-32.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.008";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "sallen@eoas.ubc.ca";
    String creator_name "SalishSeaCast Project Contributors";
    String creator_url "https://salishsea-meopar-docs.readthedocs.io/";
    String drawLandMask "over";
    String history 
"CHS currents file made by nowcast worker: make_CHS_currents_file.py
2024-12-22T02:54:33Z (local files)
2024-12-22T02:54:33Z https://salishsea.eos.ubc.ca/erddap/griddap/ubcSSfDepthAvgdCurrents1h.das";
    String infoUrl "https://salishsea.eos.ubc.ca/";
    String institution "UBC EOAS";
    String institution_fullname "Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia";
    String keywords "circulation, current, currents, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, east, eastward, eastward_sea_water_velocity_upper_10_grid_levels, eastward_sea_water_velocity_upper_5_grid_levels, north, northward, northward_sea_water_velocity_upper_10_grid_levels, northward_sea_water_velocity_upper_5_grid_levels, ocean, oceans, sea, seawater, time, VelEast10, VelEast5, VelNorth10, VelNorth5, velocity, water";
    String license 
"The SalishSeaCast NEMO model results are copyright
    by the SalishSeaCast Project Contributors and The University of British Columbia.

    They are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0";
    String project "SalishSeaCast NEMO Model";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String summary 
"Forecast, Salish Sea, Near-surface Depth Averaged Currents, 1h

Rolling daily forecast of eastward and northward water current component field values averaged over 1 hour
intervals for the upper 5 and 10 metres of depth from SalishSeaCast NEMO model runs with physics and biology.
The values are calculated for the entire model grid that includes the Juan de Fuca Strait,
the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound,
and Johnstone Strait on the coasts of Washington State and British Columbia.
The time values are UTC.
They are the centres of the intervals over which the calculated model results are averaged;
e.g. the field average values for the 00:00 to 01:00 UTC hour on 2021-06-03 have a time value of 2021-06-03 00:30:00Z.
The velocity component values are averaged over the upper 5 and 10 metre depths.
Geo-location and depth data for the SalishSeaCast NEMO model grid are available in the ubcSSnBathymetry2V17-02 dataset.

This dataset is updated daily to move it forward 1 day in time.
It starts at 00:00:00 UTC 5 days prior to the most recently completed forecast run,
and extends to 11:30:00 UTC on the 2nd day after the forecast run date.
So, for example, after completion of the 10-Nov-2017 forecast run,
this dataset included data from 2017-11-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-12 11:30:00 UTC.

v17-02: VelEast10, VelEast5, VelNorth10, VelNorth5 variables; NEMO-3.6; ubcSSnBathymetryV17-02 bathymetry;
        see infoUrl link for full details.
v18-06: NEMO-3.6 SalishSeaCast-201806 configuration; ubcSSnBathymetry2V17-02 bathymetry;
        see infoUrl link for full details.
v18-12: NEMO-3.6 SalishSeaCast-201812 configuration; ubcSSnBathymetry2V17-02 bathymetry;
        see infoUrl link for full details.
v19-05: NEMO-3.6 SalishSeaCast-201905 configuration; ubcSSnBathymetryV17-02 bathymetry;
        see infoUrl link for full details.";
    String testOutOfDate "now+24hours";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-12-23T11:30:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2024-12-16T00:30:00Z";
    String title "Forecast, Salish Sea, Near-surface Depth Averaged Currents, 1h";
  }
}

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