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Dataset Title:	Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.125 degrees, West US
Institution:	NOAA CoastWatch WCN (Dataset ID: erdMWpar0)
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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (Centered Time, UTC)	1269	1 day 1h 42m 12s (uneven)

altitude (m)	1	(just one value)

latitude (degrees_north)	641	0.0125 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	881	0.0125 (even)

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

MWpar0 (Einsteins m-2 d-1)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.4930352e+9, 1.6103664e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    Int32 fraction_digits 0;
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Centered Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  altitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "up";
    Float64 actual_range 0.0, 0.0;
    String axis "Z";
    Int32 fraction_digits 0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Altitude";
    String positive "up";
    String standard_name "altitude";
    String units "m";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 30.0, 38.0;
    String axis "Y";
    String coordsys "geographic";
    Int32 fraction_digits 4;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String point_spacing "even";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range 232.0, 243.0;
    String axis "X";
    String coordsys "geographic";
    Int32 fraction_digits 4;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String point_spacing "even";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  MWpar0 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 60.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String colorBarPalette "JetPlus";
    String coordinates "time altitude lat lon ";
    String coordsys "geographic";
    Int32 fraction_digits 3;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.125 degrees, West US, EXPERIMENTAL";
    Float32 missing_value NaN;
    Int32 numberOfObservations 6582777;
    Float64 percentCoverage 0.7088681298008114;
    String units "Einsteins m-2 d-1";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String acknowledgement "NOAA NESDIS COASTWATCH, NOAA SWFSC ERD";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    Int32 cols 4001;
    String composite "true";
    String contributor_name "NASA, NASA GSFC OBPG";
    String contributor_role "Source of level 2 data.";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String creator_email "erddap@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "NOAA CoastWatch, West Coast Node";
    String creator_url "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov";
    String cwhdf_version "3.4";
    String date_created "2021-01-11";
    String date_issued "2021-01-11";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 243.0;
    Float64 et_affine 0.0, 0.0125, 0.0125, 0.0, 205.0, 22.0;
    String files "A2021010104000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010121500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010134500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010135000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010135500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010185000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010185500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010202000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010202500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010203000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010220000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010220500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010221000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010234000.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010234500.L2_LAC_OC.nc, A2021010235000.L2_LAC_OC.nc";
    Int32 gctp_datum 12;
    Float64 gctp_parm 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0;
    Int32 gctp_sys 0;
    Int32 gctp_zone 0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 38.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 30.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.0125;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 243.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 232.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.0125;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 0.0;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 0.0;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "up";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String History 
"Translated to CF-1.0 Conventions by Netcdf-Java CDM (CFGridWriter2)
Original Dataset = satellite/MW/par0/1day; Translation Date = 2021-01-13T22:17:17.299Z";
    String history 
"2025-04-26T16:09:47Z (local files)
2025-04-26T16:09:47Z https://odss.mbari.org/erddap/griddap/erdMWpar0.das";
    String infoUrl "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov";
    String institution "NOAA CoastWatch WCN";
    String keywords "aqua, available, coastwatch, degrees, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Insolation, insolation, modis, noaa, npp, ocean, oceans, optics, photosynthetically, radiation, wcn, west";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    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, CoastWatch, 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 Metadata_Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String naming_authority "gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 38.0;
    String origin "NASA, NASA GSFC OBPG";
    String original_institution "NOAA CoastWatch, West Coast Node";
    Float64 polygon_latitude 22.0, 51.0, 51.0, 22.0, 22.0;
    Float64 polygon_longitude 205.0, 205.0, 255.0, 255.0, 205.0;
    String processing_level "3";
    String project "CoastWatch (https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/)";
    String projection "geographic";
    String projection_type "mapped";
    String references "Aqua/MODIS information: https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . MODIS information: https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/modis_ocolor_overview.html .";
    Int32 rows 2321;
    String satellite "Aqua";
    String sensor "MODIS";
    String source "satellite observation: Aqua, MODIS";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 30.0;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-1.0";
    Float64 start_time 0.0;
    String summary "MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity.  THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific evaluation by professional marine scientists.";
    String time_coverage_end "2021-01-11T12:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2017-04-24T12:00:00Z";
    String title "Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.125 degrees, West US";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 232.0;
  }
}

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