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| Dataset Title: | Surface Currents (Radials), HF Radar, Sandy Cove Station, Halifax, CA East Coast, NRT, 2015-present, Hourly
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| Institution: | Ocean Frontier Institute (Dataset ID: codar_radial_scov_2015) |
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Attributes {
s {
time {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
Float64 actual_range 1.4504616e+9, 1.7658828e+9;
String axis "T";
String identifier "timestamp";
String ioos_category "Time";
String long_name "Time";
String standard_name "time";
String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z";
String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
}
latitude {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
Float64 actual_range 42.6334138, 45.9421979;
String axis "Y";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
String identifier "latitude";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "Latitude";
String standard_name "latitude";
String units "degrees_north";
}
longitude {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
Float64 actual_range -66.0696304, -60.989713;
String axis "X";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
String identifier "longitude";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "Longitude";
String standard_name "longitude";
String units "degrees_east";
}
VELU {
Float64 actual_range -145.014, 145.311;
Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
String identifier "u_comp";
String ioos_category "Currents";
String long_name "Eastward component of surface current (cm/s)";
String standard_name "surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity";
String units "cm/s";
String vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0266/";
}
VELV {
Float64 actual_range -146.052, 146.461;
Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
String identifier "v_comp";
String ioos_category "Currents";
String long_name "Northward component of surface current (cm/s)";
String standard_name "surface_northward_sea_water_velocity";
String units "cm/s";
String vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/CFSN0242/";
}
VELO {
Float64 actual_range -149.417, 148.456;
Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
String identifier "velocity";
String ioos_category "Currents";
String long_name "speed";
String standard_name "radial_sea_water_velocity_toward_instrument";
String units "cm/s";
String vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/radial_sea_water_velocity_toward_instrument/";
}
HEAD {
Float64 actual_range 0.0, 358.1;
Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
String identifier "direction";
String ioos_category "Currents";
String long_name "direction";
String standard_name "direction_of_radial_vector_toward_instrument";
String units "degree";
String vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/direction_of_radial_vector_away_from_instrument/";
}
station {
String constant "SCOV";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "station";
}
antenna_lat {
Float64 actual_range 44.4684, 44.4684;
Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
Float64 constant 44.4684;
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "latitude of origin of radial coordinate system";
String standard_name "latitude";
String units "degrees_north";
}
antenna_lon {
Float64 actual_range -63.5522, -63.5522;
Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
Float64 constant -63.5522;
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "longitude of origin of radial coordinate system";
String standard_name "longitude";
String units "degrees_east";
}
}
NC_GLOBAL {
String cdm_data_type "Point";
String Conventions "CF-1.12, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
String creator_country "Canada";
String creator_institution "Ocean Frontier Institute";
String creator_name "RIU; Ocean Frontier Institute";
String creator_type "institution";
String creator_url "https://www.ofi.ca";
Float64 Easternmost_Easting -60.989713;
String featureType "Point";
Float64 geospatial_lat_max 45.9421979;
Float64 geospatial_lat_min 42.6334138;
String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
Float64 geospatial_lon_max -60.989713;
Float64 geospatial_lon_min -66.0696304;
String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
String history
"2026-01-29T04:32:24Z (local files)
2026-01-29T04:32:24Z http://deverddap.ceotr.ca//erddap/tabledap/codar_radial_scov_2015.html";
String id "codar_radial_scov_2015";
String infoUrl "https://www.ofi.ca";
String institution "Ocean Frontier Institute";
String keywords "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";
String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
String license "This data may be redistributed and used without restriction.";
Float64 Northernmost_Northing 45.9421979;
String platform "surface_current_radar";
String sourceUrl "(local files)";
Float64 Southernmost_Northing 42.6334138;
String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v79";
String subsetVariables "station, antenna_lat, antenna_lon";
String summary "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.";
String time_coverage_end "2025-12-16T11:00:00.000Z";
String time_coverage_start "2015-12-18T18:00:00.000Z";
String title "Surface Currents (Radials), HF Radar, Sandy Cove Station, Halifax, CA East Coast, NRT, 2015-present, Hourly";
Float64 Westernmost_Easting -66.0696304;
}
}
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