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Dataset Title:	Grand Banks Wave Buoy
Institution:	WSP Global Inc. (Dataset ID: wsp_grand_banks_waypoint3_wave_buoy)
Range:	longitude = -50.95 to -50.95°E, latitude = 47.24 to 47.24°N, time = 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z to 2022-04-30T23:30:00Z
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Data Access Form \| Files

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  station_id {
    String actual_range 
"WP3
WP3";
    String cf_role "timeseries_id";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Station ID";
    String long_name_fr "Code campagne";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.6460928e+9, 1.6513614e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Timestamp";
    String source_name "timestamp";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 47.24, 47.24;
    String axis "Y";
    String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -50.95, -50.95;
    String axis "X";
    String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  Number_of_Zero_Crossings {
    Int16 _FillValue 32767;
    Int16 actual_range 96, 276;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Number Of Zero Crossings";
    String units "1";
  }
  Average_Wave_Height {
    Float32 actual_range 0.53, 5.34;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Average Zero-Down Crossing Wave Height";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_mean_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  Max_Wave_Height {
    Float32 actual_range 1.3, 15.19;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Max Wave Height";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_maximum_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  Significant_Wave_Height {
    Float32 actual_range 0.81, 8.4;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Significant Wave Height";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_significant_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  Significant_Wave_Period {
    Float32 actual_range 4.9, 13.9;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Significant Wave Period";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_significant_period";
    String units "s";
  }
  H10 {
    Float32 actual_range 1.01, 10.44;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Mean height of highest tenth of waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_mean_height_of_highest_tenth";
    String units "m";
  }
  T10 {
    Float32 actual_range 5.0, 14.1;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Mean period of highest tenth of waves";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_mean_period_of_highest_tenth";
    String units "s";
  }
  Mean_Wave_Period {
    Float32 actual_range 3.9, 11.2;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Average zero down-crossing wave period";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_mean_period";
    String units "s";
  }
  Peak_Wave_Period {
    Float32 actual_range 4.0, 16.7;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Peak Wave Period";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum";
    String units "s";
  }
  Tp5_Tp_READ_method {
    Float32 actual_range 4.7, 16.2;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Peak Wave Period based on spectral moments";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum";
    String units "s";
  }
  Hm0 {
    Float32 actual_range 0.88, 8.52;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Significant Wave Height";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_significant_height";
    String units "m";
  }
  Mean_Magnetic_Direction {
    Int16 _FillValue 32767;
    Int16 actual_range 1, 360;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Sea Surface Wave To Direction";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_to_direction";
    String units "degree";
  }
  Mean_Spread {
    Byte _FillValue 127;
    String _Unsigned "false";
    Byte actual_range 22, 70;
    String ioos_category "Surface Waves";
    String long_name "Mean Spread";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_directional_spread";
    String units "degree";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "TimeSeries";
    String cdm_timeseries_variables "station_id, longitude, latitude";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "WSP Global Inc.";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.wsp.com/en-ca";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -50.95;
    String featureType "TimeSeries";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 47.24;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 47.24;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -50.95;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -50.95;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-11-02T14:12:36Z (local files)
2025-11-02T14:12:36Z https://cioosatlantic.ca/tabledap/wsp_grand_banks_waypoint3_wave_buoy.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.wsp.com/en-ca";
    String institution "WSP Global Inc.";
    String keywords "Average_Wave_Height, banks, buoy, crossings, currents, data, day, direction, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Swells, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period, global, grand, h10, height, hm0, hour, inc, magnetic, Max_Wave_Height, mean, Mean_Magnetic_Direction, Mean_Spread, Mean_Wave_Period, method, minute, month, number, Number_of_Zero_Crossings, ocean, oceans, Peak_Wave_Period, period, read, science, sea, sea_surface_swell_wave_period, sea_surface_wave_significant_height, significant, Significant_Wave_Height, Significant_Wave_Period, spread, statistics, surface, surface waves, swell, swells, swh, t10, time, tp5, Tp5_Tp_READ_method, wave, waves, wsp, year, zero";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 47.24;
    String platform "moored surface buoy";
    String platform_description "TRIAXYS™ g3 Wave Sensor";
    String platform_id "TAS0XXXX";
    String platform_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 47.24;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String subsetVariables "station_id, longitude, latitude";
    String summary "Wave height metrics (mean/max/significant wave height/period) at Waypoint 3 for the months March and April 2022.";
    String time_coverage_end "2022-04-30T23:30:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2022-03-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Grand Banks Wave Buoy";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -50.95;
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection 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 or Subset form. They make 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.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.

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