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Dataset Title:	Monthly ASCAT global wind field
Institution:	ifremer (Dataset ID: ascat_mnt_datasets)
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.1780208e+9, 1.635768e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "standard";
    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";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float32 actual_range 10.0, 10.0;
    String axis "Z";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Depth";
    String positive "down";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String units "m";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -79.875, 80.125;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -179.875, 179.875;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  wind_speed {
    Float64 _FillValue -327.68;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "wind speed";
    Float64 missing_value -327.68;
    String standard_name "wind_speed";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  eastward_wind {
    Float64 _FillValue -327.68;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -15.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "eastward wind speed";
    Float64 missing_value -327.68;
    String positive "meteorological convention";
    String standard_name "eastward_wind";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  northward_wind {
    Float64 _FillValue -327.68;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 15.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -15.0;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "northward wind speed";
    Float64 missing_value -327.68;
    String positive "meteorological convention";
    String standard_name "northward_wind";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  wind_stress {
    Float64 _FillValue -3.2768;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "wind stress";
    Float64 missing_value -3.2768;
    String units "Pa";
  }
  surface_downward_eastward_stress {
    Float64 _FillValue -3.2768;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "eastward wind stress";
    Float64 missing_value -3.2768;
    String positive "meteorological convention";
    String standard_name "surface_downward_eastward_stress";
    String units "Pa";
  }
  surface_downward_northward_stress {
    Float64 _FillValue -3.2768;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Wind";
    String long_name "northward wind stress";
    Float64 missing_value -3.2768;
    String positive "meteorological convention";
    String standard_name "surface_downward_northward_stress";
    String units "Pa";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String bulletin_date "2011-11-04";
    String CDI "Climate Data Interface version 2.0.0rc1 (https://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi)";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String CDO "Climate Data Operators version 2.0.0rc1 (https://mpimet.mpg.de/cdo)";
    String contact "fpaf@ifremer.fr, Abderrahim.Bentamy@ifremer.fr, Denis.Croize.Fillon@ifremer.fr";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creation_date "2011-11-04";
    String creation_date_time "20111104T130849";
    String creator_email "fpaf@ifremer.fr";
    String creator_name "FPAF";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://wwz.ifremer.fr/";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.875;
    Float64 file_quality_index 0.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 80.125;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -79.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String grid_resolution "0.250 degree";
    String history 
"Mon Apr 04 10:20:10 2022: cdo cat out.nc ascat_mnt.nc
Mon Apr 04 10:20:09 2022: cdo selname,wind_speed,eastward_wind,northward_wind,wind_stress,surface_downward_eastward_stress,surface_downward_northward_stress 2007050100_2007060100_monthly-ifremer-L3-MWF-GLO-20111104130849-01.0.nc out.nc
2025-01-16T12:15:48Z (local files)
2025-01-16T12:15:48Z https://erddap.incois.gov.in/griddap/ascat_mnt_datasets.das";
    String infoUrl "https://wwz.ifremer.fr/";
    String institution "ifremer";
    String keywords "depth, eastward_wind, latitude, longitude, northward_wind, surface_downward_eastward_stress, surface_downward_northward_stress, time, wind_speed, wind_stress";
    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, 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.";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 80.125;
    String objective_method "arithmetic mean";
    String polar_sea_ice_mask_date "2007-05-01";
    String references "Bentamy A..and  D. Croize-Fillon, 2011: Gridded surface wind fields from Metop/ASCAT measurements. In press in Inter. Journal of Remote Sensing. DOI 10.1080/01431161.2011.600348";
    String source "produced at 2011-11-04";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -79.875;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String summary "Monthly Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT) global wind field";
    String time_coverage_end "2021-11-01T12:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2007-05-01T12:00:00Z";
    String time_resolution "monthly";
    String title "Monthly ASCAT global wind field";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.875;
  }
}

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The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form. It makes the URL for you.
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(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

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