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Dataset Title:	Galway Bay surface currents forecast
Institution:	Marine Institute (Dataset ID: galway_bay_surface_forecast)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form \| Files

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Graph Type:
X Axis:
Y Axis:
Color:

Dimensions

Start

Stop

time (UTC)

specify just 1 value →

latitude (degrees_north)

longitude (degrees_east)

Graph Settings
Color Bar:	Continuity:	Scale:
Minimum:	Maximum:	N Sections:
Draw land mask:
Y Axis Minimum:	Maximum:

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Things You Can Do With Your Graphs

Well, you can do anything you want with your graphs, of course. But some things you might not have considered are:

Web page authors can embed a graph of the latest data in a web page using HTML <img> tags.
Anyone can use ERDDAPs Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs with the latest data (or other images or HTML content), each in its own, draggable slide.

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.726362e+9, 1.7266176e+9;
    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";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 53.11338043873049, 53.28058082541655;
    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 -9.21200390624999, -8.880448468844737;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  sea_surface_height {
    Float64 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -2.0;
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "sea surface height";
    Float64 missing_value -9999.0;
    String standard_name "sea_surface_height";
    String time "time";
    String units "metre";
  }
  v_surface {
    Float64 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.3;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.3;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "surface v-momentum component";
    Float64 missing_value -9999.0;
    String time "time";
    String units "metre per second";
  }
  u_surface {
    Float64 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.3;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.3;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "surface u-momentum component";
    Float64 missing_value -9999.0;
    String time "time";
    String units "metre per second";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -8.880448468844737;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 53.28058082541655;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 53.11338043873049;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -8.880448468844737;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -9.21200390624999;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 9.897177235977707e-4;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2024-09-16T20:11:44Z (local files)
2024-09-16T20:11:44Z https://erddap.marine.ie/griddap/galway_bay_surface_forecast.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.marine.ie/site-area/data-services/marine-forecasts/ocean-forecasts";
    String institution "Marine Institute";
    String keywords "component, currents, data, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Sea Surface Topography > Sea Surface Height, height, latitude, level, local, longitude, momentum, ocean, oceans, science, sea, sea level, sea_surface_height, source, ssh, surface, time, topography, u-momentum, u_surface, v-momentum, v_surface";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 53.28058082541655;
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 53.11338043873049;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "Data from a hydrodynamic model";
    String testOutOfDate "now+1day";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-09-18T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2024-09-15T01:00:00Z";
    String title "Galway Bay surface currents forecast";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -9.21200390624999;
  }
}

Using griddap to Request Data and Graphs from Gridded Datasets

griddap lets you request a data subset, graph, or map from a gridded dataset (for example, sea surface temperature data from a satellite), via a specially formed URL. griddap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its projection constraints (external link)

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.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(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.

griddap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
Thus, the query is often a data variable name (e.g., analysed_sst), followed by [(start):stride:(stop)] (or a shorter variation of that) for each of the variable's dimensions (for example, [time][latitude][longitude]).

For details, see the griddap Documentation.