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Dataset Title:	The NDBC GTS monthly reports show the number of messages released to the GTS for NDBC stations.
Institution:	NOAA NDBC (Dataset ID: gts_ndbc_statistics)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Make a graph

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Variable

Optional
Constraint #1

Optional
Constraint #2

Minimum

or a List of Values

Maximum

Year (Year for the statistics)

"2018"

"2024"

Month (Month for the statistics)

"01"

"12"

time (Date for the statistics, UTC)

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

2024-11-01T00:00:00Z

locationID

"1801583"

"WPOW1"

sponsor

"CORPS OF ENGINEERS"

"U. S. COAST GUARD"

met

wave

Server-side Functions

distinct()

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  Year {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Year for the statistics";
  }
  Month {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Month for the statistics";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.5147648e+9, 1.7304192e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Date for the statistics";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  locationID {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Identifier that station messages are released under to the GTS";
  }
  sponsor {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Organization that owns and maintains the station";
  }
  met {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 8928;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Total number of met messages released to the GTS";
  }
  wave {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 3024;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Total number of wave messages released to the GTS";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "mathew.biddle@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "NOAA NDBC";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ioosstats/";
    String history 
"2024-12-26T14:53:38Z https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ioosstats/
2024-12-26T14:53:38Z http://erddap.ioos.us/erddap/tabledap/gts_ndbc_statistics.html";
    String infoUrl "https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ioosstats/";
    String institution "NOAA NDBC";
    String keywords "buoy, center, data, identifier, local, locationID, met, national, ndbc, noaa, region, source, sponsor, surface, surface waves, wave, waves";
    String license "The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, IOOS, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String sourceUrl "https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ioosstats/";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String subsetVariables "met, wave";
    String summary "The NDBC GTS monthly reports show the number of messages released to the GTS for NDBC stations.";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-11-01T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2018-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "The NDBC GTS monthly reports show the number of messages released to the GTS for NDBC stations.";
  }
}

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