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Dataset Title:  CalCOFI CTD Measurements (full) Subscribe RSS
Institution:  CalCOFI   (Dataset ID: calcofi_ctd_measurement)
Information:  Summary ? | License ? | FGDC | ISO 19115 | Metadata | Background (external link) | Subset | Make a graph
 
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Constraint #1 ?
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Constraint #2 ?
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 ctd_cast_uuid ?              
 time (UTC) ?          1998-01-23T11:14:25Z    2026-01-30T16:39:00Z
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?          29.80726    37.85147
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 longitude (degrees_east) ?          -126.4843    -117.2734
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 depth (m) ?          1.0    3630.0
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 cruise_key ?      
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 site_key ?              
 line ?              
 sta (Station) ?              
 measurement_type ?      
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 measurement_value ?              
 measurement_qual (Measurement Quality) ?              
 ctd_measurement_uuid ?              
 
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  ctd_cast_uuid {
    String comment "FK to ctd_cast.ctd_cast_uuid";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "CTD Cast UUID";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 8.85554065e+8, 1.76979114e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String comment "UTC timestamp parsed from date_time_utc string";
    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 29.80726, 37.85147;
    String axis "Y";
    String comment "GPS decimal latitude; downcast = start latitude, upcast = latitude at first bottle tripped (CalCOFI Lat_Dec)";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -126.4843, -117.2734;
    String axis "X";
    String comment "GPS decimal longitude; downcast = start longitude, upcast = longitude at first bottle tripped (CalCOFI Lon_Dec)";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float64 actual_range 1.0, 3630.0;
    String axis "Z";
    String comment "depth in meters";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Depth";
    String positive "down";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String units "m";
  }
  cruise_key {
    String comment "cruise identifier in YYYY-MM-NODC format; hive partition key";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Cruise Key";
  }
  site_key {
    String comment "CalCOFI Line and Station composite key in the form \"LLL.L SSS.S\" (renamed from Sta_ID)";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Site Key";
  }
  line {
    String comment "CalCOFI Line in LLL.L format (e.g. 80.0)";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Line";
  }
  sta {
    String comment "CalCOFI Station in SSS.S format (e.g. 60.0)";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Station";
  }
  measurement_type {
    String comment "measurement type key (FK to measurement_type.measurement_type)";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Measurement Type";
  }
  measurement_value {
    String comment "Units VARY by measurement_type — this long-format column holds the numeric value for whichever sensor the row's measurement_type names. Canonical examples: temperature (degC), salinity (PSS-78), oxygen_ml_l (ml/L), sigma_theta (kg/m3), oxygen_saturation (%), oxygen_umol_kg (umol/kg), chlorophyll_a (ug/L), phaeopigment (ug/L). See the measurement_type variable and https://calcofi.io/schema.";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Measurement Value";
  }
  measurement_qual {
    String comment "quality code (nullable)";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Measurement Quality";
  }
  ctd_measurement_uuid {
    String comment "PK: deterministic UUID v5 from (ctd_cast_uuid, depth_m, measurement_type)";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "CTD Measurement UUID";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Point";
    String comment "Long format: one row per cast x depth x measurement_type. measurement_value units depend on measurement_type. time/latitude/longitude are denormalized from ctd_cast via a DuckDB view over Parquet (EDDTableFromDatabase) — see https://calcofi.io/schema.";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "calcofi@ucsd.edu";
    String creator_name "CalCOFI";
    String creator_url "https://calcofi.org";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -117.2734;
    String featureType "Point";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 37.85147;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 29.80726;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -117.2734;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -126.4843;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 3630.0;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 1.0;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "down";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String history 
"2026-07-07T22:42:33Z (source database)
2026-07-07T22:42:33Z http://localhost:8090/erddap/tabledap/calcofi_ctd_measurement.html";
    String infoUrl "https://calcofi.org";
    String institution "CalCOFI";
    String keywords "CalCOFI, California Current, CTD, depth, fluorescence, ocean, oxygen, profiles, salinity, temperature";
    String license "CC-BY 4.0";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 37.85147;
    String project "CalCOFI";
    String publisher_name "CalCOFI";
    String publisher_url "https://calcofi.org";
    String references "https://calcofi.io/schema ; https://calcofi.org/data/oceanographic-data/ctd-cast-files/";
    String source "CalCOFI CTD cast files (https://calcofi.org)";
    String sourceUrl "(source database)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 29.80726;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v79";
    String subsetVariables "cruise_key, measurement_type";
    String summary "Full long-format CTD measurements (~216M rows, all sensor variants), joined to cast coordinates/time. Served via DuckDB views over Parquet partitioned by cruise_key (EDDTableFromDatabase). The adaptively-thinned calcofi_ctd_thin is the lighter headline table.";
    String time_coverage_end "2026-01-30T16:39:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1998-01-23T11:14:25Z";
    String title "CalCOFI CTD Measurements (full)";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -126.4843;
  }
}

 

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