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| Grid DAP Data | Sub- set | Table DAP Data | Make A Graph | W M S | Source Data Files | Title | Sum- mary | FGDC, ISO, Metadata | Back- ground Info | RSS | E | Institution | Dataset ID | ||
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| set | data | graph | files | Surface Currents (Radials), HF Radar, Sandy Cove Station, Halifax, CA East Coast, NRT, 2015- present, Hourly |
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| codar_radial_scov_2015 |
| Row Type | Variable Name | Attribute Name | Data Type | Value |
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| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cdm_data_type | String | Point |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | comment | String | The Research Implementation Unit (RIU) of the Ocean Frontier Institute operates long-range 5 MHz CODAR SeaSonde systems on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia to support tsunami detection, wave and wind monitoring, search and rescue, environmental monitoring, marine navigation, and pollution response. Sandy Cove (SCOV) was established in January 2016. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Conventions | String | CF-1.12, COARDS, ACDD-1.3 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_country | String | Canada |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_institution | String | Ocean Frontier Institute |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_name | String | Research Implementation Unit (RIU); Ocean Frontier Institute |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_type | String | institution |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_url | String | https://www.ofi.ca |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Easternmost_Easting | double | -60.989713 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | featureType | String | Point |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_max | double | 45.9421979 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_min | double | 42.6334138 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_units | String | degrees_north |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_max | double | -60.989713 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_min | double | -66.0696304 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_units | String | degrees_east |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | history | String | Station established in January 2016. NetCDF metadata updated on 2026-03-17. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | id | String | codar_radial_scov_2015 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | infoUrl | String | https://www.ofi.ca |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | institution | String | Ocean Frontier Institute |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords | String | 2015-present, antenna_lat, antenna_lon, applications, circulation, cm/s, coast, coastal, codar, component, coordinate, cove, current, currents, data, direction, direction_of_radial_vector_toward_instrument, dynamics, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, east, east coast, eastward, frequency, halifax, HEAD, HF, hf radar, hfradar, high, hour, hourly, identifier, instrument, latitude, longitude, near, northward, nrt, ocean, oceans, ofi, origin, radar, radial, radial_sea_water_velocity_toward_instrument, radials, real, sandy, science, sea, seawater, speed, station, surface, surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity, surface_northward_sea_water_velocity, system, time, toward, vector, VELO, velocity, VELU, VELV, water |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords_vocabulary | String | GCMD Science Keywords |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | license | String | This data may be redistributed and used without restriction. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Northernmost_Northing | double | 45.9421979 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | platform | String | surface_current_radar |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | references | String | CODAR systems are coastal land-based high-frequency radar sensors that estimate ocean surface currents from Bragg scattering and Doppler shift observations. The Research Implementation Unit (RIU) of the Ocean Frontier Institute manages the eastern Nova Scotia CODAR network. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | sourceUrl | String | (local files) |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Southernmost_Northing | double | 42.6334138 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | standard_name_vocabulary | String | CF Standard Name Table v79 |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | subsetVariables | String | station, antenna_lat, antenna_lon |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | summary | String | Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar (CODAR) radial measurements capture surface current vectors from a single site. Data are collected at Sandy Cove (SCOV) and include quality and geometry metrics for each vector. |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_end | String | 2026-03-24T08:00:00.000Z |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_start | String | 2015-12-18T18:00:00.000Z |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | title | String | Surface Currents (Radials), HF Radar, Sandy Cove Station, Halifax, CA East Coast, NRT, 2015-present, Hourly |
| attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Westernmost_Easting | double | -66.0696304 |
| variable | time | double | ||
| attribute | time | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Time |
| attribute | time | actual_range | double | 1.4504616E9, 1.7743392E9 |
| attribute | time | axis | String | T |
| attribute | time | identifier | String | timestamp |
| attribute | time | ioos_category | String | Time |
| attribute | time | long_name | String | Time |
| attribute | time | standard_name | String | time |
| attribute | time | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
| attribute | time | time_precision | String | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| attribute | time | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| variable | latitude | double | ||
| attribute | latitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lat |
| attribute | latitude | actual_range | double | 42.6334138, 45.9421979 |
| attribute | latitude | axis | String | Y |
| attribute | latitude | colorBarMaximum | double | 90.0 |
| attribute | latitude | colorBarMinimum | double | -90.0 |
| attribute | latitude | identifier | String | latitude |
| attribute | latitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | latitude | long_name | String | Latitude |
| attribute | latitude | standard_name | String | latitude |
| attribute | latitude | units | String | degrees_north |
| variable | longitude | double | ||
| attribute | longitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lon |
| attribute | longitude | actual_range | double | -66.0696304, -60.989713 |
| attribute | longitude | axis | String | X |
| attribute | longitude | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
| attribute | longitude | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
| attribute | longitude | identifier | String | longitude |
| attribute | longitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | longitude | long_name | String | Longitude |
| attribute | longitude | standard_name | String | longitude |
| attribute | longitude | units | String | degrees_east |
| variable | VELU | double | ||
| attribute | VELU | actual_range | double | -145.014, 146.084 |
| attribute | VELU | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
| attribute | VELU | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
| attribute | VELU | identifier | String | u_comp |
| attribute | VELU | ioos_category | String | Currents |
| attribute | VELU | long_name | String | Eastward component of surface current (cm/s) |
| attribute | VELU | standard_name | String | surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity |
| attribute | VELU | units | String | cm/s |
| attribute | VELU | vocabulary | String | https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0266/ |
| variable | VELV | double | ||
| attribute | VELV | actual_range | double | -146.052, 146.461 |
| attribute | VELV | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
| attribute | VELV | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
| attribute | VELV | identifier | String | v_comp |
| attribute | VELV | ioos_category | String | Currents |
| attribute | VELV | long_name | String | Northward component of surface current (cm/s) |
| attribute | VELV | standard_name | String | surface_northward_sea_water_velocity |
| attribute | VELV | units | String | cm/s |
| attribute | VELV | vocabulary | String | https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0242/ |
| variable | VELO | double | ||
| attribute | VELO | actual_range | double | -149.417, 148.456 |
| attribute | VELO | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
| attribute | VELO | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
| attribute | VELO | identifier | String | velocity |
| attribute | VELO | ioos_category | String | Currents |
| attribute | VELO | long_name | String | speed |
| attribute | VELO | standard_name | String | radial_sea_water_velocity_toward_instrument |
| attribute | VELO | units | String | cm/s |
| attribute | VELO | vocabulary | String | https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/radial_sea_water_velocity_toward_instrument/ |
| variable | HEAD | double | ||
| attribute | HEAD | actual_range | double | 0.0, 358.1 |
| attribute | HEAD | colorBarMaximum | double | 360.0 |
| attribute | HEAD | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
| attribute | HEAD | identifier | String | direction |
| attribute | HEAD | ioos_category | String | Currents |
| attribute | HEAD | long_name | String | direction |
| attribute | HEAD | standard_name | String | direction_of_radial_vector_toward_instrument |
| attribute | HEAD | units | String | degree |
| attribute | HEAD | vocabulary | String | https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/direction_of_radial_vector_away_from_instrument/ |
| variable | station | String | ||
| attribute | station | constant | String | SCOV |
| attribute | station | ioos_category | String | Identifier |
| attribute | station | long_name | String | station |
| variable | antenna_lat | double | ||
| attribute | antenna_lat | actual_range | double | 44.4684, 44.4684 |
| attribute | antenna_lat | colorBarMaximum | double | 90.0 |
| attribute | antenna_lat | colorBarMinimum | double | -90.0 |
| attribute | antenna_lat | constant | double | 44.4684 |
| attribute | antenna_lat | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | antenna_lat | long_name | String | latitude of origin of radial coordinate system |
| attribute | antenna_lat | standard_name | String | latitude |
| attribute | antenna_lat | units | String | degrees_north |
| variable | antenna_lon | double | ||
| attribute | antenna_lon | actual_range | double | -63.5522, -63.5522 |
| attribute | antenna_lon | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
| attribute | antenna_lon | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
| attribute | antenna_lon | constant | double | -63.5522 |
| attribute | antenna_lon | ioos_category | String | Location |
| attribute | antenna_lon | long_name | String | longitude of origin of radial coordinate system |
| attribute | antenna_lon | standard_name | String | longitude |
| attribute | antenna_lon | units | String | degrees_east |
The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.