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Dataset Title: | IOS Moored Current Meter Data
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Institution: | Institute of Ocean Sciences (Dataset ID: IOS_CUR_Moorings) |
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String axis "T"; String ioos_category "Time"; String long_name "Time"; String standard_name "time"; String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00"; String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"; } PRESPR01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1007; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -999.0, 4967.5; Float64 colorBarMaximum 8000.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String ios_name "pressure"; String long_name "Pressure"; String standard_name "sea_water_pressure"; String units "decibar"; } instrument_depth { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.0, 3000.0; String colorBarMaximum "1000.0"; String colorBarMinimum "0.0"; String colorBarPalette "Ocean"; String long_name "Instrument Depth"; String standard_name "instrument_depth"; String units "m"; } depth { String _CoordinateAxisType "Height"; String _CoordinateZisPositive "down"; Float32 actual_range 0.0, 317.0; String axis "Z"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 8000.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String colorBarPalette "TopographyDepth"; String ioos_category "Location"; String ios_name "depth"; String long_name "Depth"; String positive "down"; String standard_name "depth"; String units "m"; } TEMPPR01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1007; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -99999.0, 4095.0; Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String long_name "Sea Water Temperature"; String units "deg_C"; } LCEWEL01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1024; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -99999.0, 99999.0; Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -2.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String long_name "Eastward Sea Water Velocity"; String standard_name "eastward_sea_water_velocity"; String units "m/s"; } LCNSEL01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1007; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -99999.0, 99999.0; Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -2.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String long_name "Northward Sea Water Velocity"; String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity"; String units "m/s"; } LRZASP01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1007; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -99.0, 1.331; Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -2.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String long_name "Northward Sea Water Velocity"; String standard_name "northward_sea_water_velocity"; String units "m/s"; } LCSAEL01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1007; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -99999.0, 1778.0; Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String long_name "Sea Water Speed"; String standard_name "sea_water_speed"; String units "m/s"; } LCDAEL01 { UInt32 _ChunkSizes 1007; Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -99999.0, 32767.0; Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String featureType "timeSeries"; String long_name "Sea Water Velocity to Direction"; String standard_name "sea_water_velocity_to_direction"; String units "deg"; } } NC_GLOBAL { String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.9.3-development,hdf5=1.12.2"; String acknowledgement "Hakai Insitute"; String agency "IOS, Ocean Sciences Division, Sidney, BC"; String cdm_data_type "TimeSeries"; String cdm_timeseries_variables "profile"; String comment "Data converted from IOS ASCII format"; String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3"; String country "Canada"; String creator_email "DFO.PAC.SCI.IOSData-DonneesISO.SCI.PAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca"; String creator_name "Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, B.C., Canada"; String creator_url "https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/educational-resources/marine-and-freshwater-sciences/institute-ocean-sciences"; String date_created "2025-08-26T06:09:19Z"; Float64 Easternmost_Easting -78.69028; String featureType "TimeSeries"; String filename "scott2_20240620_20250723_0279m_L1.cur"; String geospatial_bounds "POINT (-129.47608333333332, 51.12835)"; Float64 geospatial_lat_max 78.08833; Float64 geospatial_lat_min 9.848333; String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north"; Float64 geospatial_lon_max -78.69028; Float64 geospatial_lon_min -148.8336; String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east"; Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 317.0; Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 0.0; String geospatial_vertical_positive "down"; String geospatial_vertical_units "m"; String header "{ \"COMMENTS\": { \"1\": \" B C Shelf 9, 2025-069, Scott2 at 278.5m.\", \"2\": \" Current directions have been corrected to true north by adding 16.63 degrees (based on 2025/01/0\" }, \"FILE\": { \"START TIME\": \" UTC 2024/06/20 01:50:00.000\\n\", \"END TIME\": \" UTC 2025/07/23 14:10:00.001\\n\", \"TIME INCREMENT\": \" 0 0 10 0 0 ! (day hr min sec ms)\\n\", \"TIME UNITS\": \" Minutes\\n\", \"TIME ZERO\": \" UTC 2024/06/19 00:00:00.000\\n\", \"NUMBER OF RECORDS\": \" 57387\\n\", \"DATA DESCRIPTION\": \" CurrentMeter\\n\", \"FILE TYPE\": \" ASCII\\n\", \"DATA TYPE\": \" REAL*4\\n\", \"PAD\": \" -99\\n\", \"NUMBER OF CHANNELS\": \" 17\\n\", \"$TABLE: CHANNELS\": [ \" ! No Name Units Minimum Maximum\\n\", \" !--- -------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------\\n\", \" 1 'Record #' n/a 66 57452\\n\", \" 2 Date YYYY/MM/DD 1 399\\n\", \" 3 Time HH:MM:SS 0 0.9930556\\n\", \" 4 Speed:East m/s -0.431 0.38\\n\", \" 5 Speed:North m/s -0.429 0.414\\n\", \" 6 Speed:Up m/s -0.129 0.145\\n\", \" 7 Amplitude:Beam1 count 60 136\\n\", \" 8 Amplitude:Beam2 count 44 115\\n\", \" 9 Amplitude:Beam3 count 57 131\\n\", \" 10 Speed:Sound:1 m/s 1470.7 1479.1\\n\", \" 11 Heading degrees 0 359.8\\n\", \" 12 Pitch degrees -2.2 2\\n\", \" 13 Roll degrees -8.4 1.1\\n\", \" 14 Pressure decibar 280.7 285.5\\n\", \" 15 Temperature 'deg C (ITS90)' 5.02 7.13\\n\", \" 16 Speed m/s 0 0.5\\n\", \" 17 Direction:Geog(to) degrees 0.1E-01 359.98\\n\" ], \"$TABLE: CHANNEL DETAIL\": [ \" ! 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Tully\\n\" }, \"LOCATION\": { \"GEOGRAPHIC AREA\": \" Northwest of Scott Islands\\n\", \"STATION\": \" SCOTT2\\n\", \"EVENT NUMBER\": \" 9\\n\", \"LATITUDE\": \" 51 7.70100 N ! (deg min)\\n\", \"LONGITUDE\": \" 129 28.56500 W ! (deg min)\\n\", \"WATER DEPTH\": \" 289\\n\", \"MAGNETIC DECLINATION\": \" 16.63\\n\" }, \"DEPLOYMENT\": { \"MISSION\": \" 2024-069\\n\", \"TYPE\": \" Sub Surface\\n\", \"TIME ANCHOR DROPPED\": \" UTC 2024/06/20 01:31:00.000\\n\" }, \"RECOVERY\": { \"MISSION\": \" 2025-069\\n\", \"TIME ANCHOR RELEASED\": \" UTC 2025/07/23 14:15:44.000\\n\" }, \"INSTRUMENT\": { \"TYPE\": \" Aquadopp Current Meter\\n\", \"MODEL\": \" AQD 5871\\n\", \"SERIAL NUMBER\": \" AQD 5871\\n\", \"DEPTH\": \" 278.5\\n\", \"$REMARKS\": [ \" The instrument depth is in metres.\\n\" ] }, \"RAW\": { \"START TIME\": \" UTC 2024/06/19 15:00:00.000\\n\", \"FIRST GOOD REC TIME\": \" UTC 2024/06/20 01:50:00.000\\n\", \"END TIME\": \" UTC 2025/07/23 15:40:00.000\\n\", \"TIME INCREMENT\": \" 0 0 10 0 0 ! (day hr min sec ms)\\n\", \"NUMBER OF RECORDS\": \" 57461\\n\", \"VOLUME ID\": \" 5871-aqd-S\\n\", \"$TABLE: CHANNELS\": [ \" ! 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Name Vers Date Time Recs In Recs Out\", \"4\": \" ! -------- ------ ---------- -------- --------- ---------\", \"5\": \" CREIOSHD 2.1 2013/09/06 09:59:52 0 0\", \"6\": \" RCM_CNVT 1.1 2025/08/15 13:09:08 0 57461\", \"7\": \" CLIP 1.5.0 2025/08/15 13:14:05 57461 57387\", \"8\": \" REMOVECH 8.2 2025/08/15 13:22:00 57387 57387\", \"9\": \" $END\", \"10\": \" $REMARKS\", \"11\": \" -The following RCM_CNVT parameters were used.\", \"12\": \" Number of comment lines in RAW file: 0\", \"13\": \" -The following CLIP parameters were used.\", \"14\": \" Clip by Time Limits\", \"15\": \" First Time To Keep = 2024/06/20 01:50:00.000\", \"16\": \" Last Time To Keep = 2025/07/23 14:10:20.000\", \"17\": \" Time Read from Date Channel: Date\", \"18\": \" and from Time Channel: Time\", \"19\": \" -REMOVECH 2025/08/15 13:22:00\", \"20\": \" The following CHANNEL(S) were removed:\", \"21\": \" Month\", \"22\": \" Day\", \"23\": \" Year\", \"24\": \" Hour\", \"25\": \" Minute\", \"26\": \" Second\", \"27\": \" Error_code\", \"28\": \" Status_code\", \"29\": \" Battery_voltage [V]\", \"30\": \" Analog_input_1\", \"31\": \" Analog_input_2\", \"32\": \" $END\" } }"; String history "2025-09-06T07:19:26Z (local files) 2025-09-06T07:19:26Z https://data.cioospacific.ca/erddap/tabledap/IOS_CUR_Moorings.html"; String id "2025-069-0009"; String infoUrl "???"; String institution "Institute of Ocean Sciences"; String keywords "depth, pressure, subSurfaceCurrents, subSurfaceTemperature, temperature"; String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords"; String language "eng"; 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, ERD, 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 mission "2025-069"; String naming_authority "COARDS"; Float64 Northernmost_Northing 78.08833; Float64 nrec 57387; String platform "subsurface mooring"; String platform_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/"; String processing_level "2"; String project "BC-shelf 9"; String publisher_name "Hakai Institute"; String scientist "Hannah C."; String sourceUrl "(local files)"; Float64 Southernmost_Northing 9.848333; String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v79"; String subsetVariables "instrument_type, platform, agency, scientist, country, geographic_area"; String summary "This dataset contains observations made by the Institute of Ocean Sciences of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) using current meters mounted on moorings. The moorings were deployed by DFO and partner organizations between 1965 to present. Variables present in the dataset include Current speed and direction, Temperature, Depth, and Pressure as a timeseries. For any questions please contact (DFO.PAC.SCI.IOSData-DonneesISO.SCI.PAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)."; String time_coverage_duration "398 days, 12:20:00"; String time_coverage_end "2025-07-23T14:10:00Z"; String time_coverage_resolution "0:10:00"; String time_coverage_start "1965-09-18T00:00:00Z"; String title "IOS Moored Current Meter Data"; Float64 Westernmost_Easting -148.8336; } }
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