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Dataset Title:	Bantry Bay model particle track analysis
Institution:	Irish Marine Institute (Dataset ID: BANTRY_PARTICLES)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	28	1 day 2h 40m 0s (uneven)

release_location (count)	6	1.0 (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	420	0.001809524 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	520	0.002903846 (even)

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

particle_hours (particle transport probability, hours)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.7597952e+9, 1.7623872e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "time since initialization, 2000-1-1";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  release_location {
    Int16 actual_range 0, 5;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String units "count";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 51.140912310003, 51.899102770785255;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -10.848548076923, -9.3414519231008;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  particle_hours {
    Float64 _FillValue -999.0;
    String colorBarMaximum "200";
    String colorBarMinimum "0";
    String colorBarPalette "KT_turbid";
    String coordinates "release latitude longitude";
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "particle transport probability";
    Float64 missing_value -999.0;
    String standard_name "particle_hours";
    String units "hours";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -9.3414519231008;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 51.899102770785255;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 51.140912310003;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.0018095237727500054;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -9.3414519231008;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -10.848548076923;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.0029038461538;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-11-06T18:07:12Z http://milas.marine.ie/thredds/dodsC/BANTRY_PARTICLES/PARTICLE_TRACKS
2025-11-06T18:07:12Z https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/griddap/BANTRY_PARTICLES.das";
    String infoUrl "https://data.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ie.marine.data:dataset.3779";
    String institution "Irish Marine Institute";
    String license "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 51.899102770785255;
    String sourceUrl "http://milas.marine.ie/thredds/dodsC/BANTRY_PARTICLES/PARTICLE_TRACKS";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 51.140912310003;
    String summary "Aggregate model particle track data";
    String time_coverage_end "2025-11-06T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2025-10-07T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Bantry Bay model particle track analysis";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -10.848548076923;
  }
}

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