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Dataset Title: | Backyard Buoys - PacIOOS - American Samoa: Faleasao Harbor (Smart Mooring)
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Institution: | Ta'ū Island (Dataset ID: backyardbuoys_faleasao_harbor_smart) |
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Attributes { s { location_id { String cf_role "timeseries_id"; String description "Backyard Buoys Location ID"; String ioos_category "Identifier"; String long_name "Location Id"; String units "1"; } time { String _CoordinateAxisType "Time"; Float64 actual_range 1.739231731e+9, 1.752087331e+9; String axis "T"; String calendar "gregorian"; String description "time of sampling"; String gts_ingest "true"; String ioos_category "Time"; String long_name "Time"; String standard_name "time"; String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00"; String timezone "UTC"; String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"; } buoy_id { String description "Backyard Buoys Sofar Spotter Buoy ID"; String gts_ingest "false"; String ioos_category "Identifier"; String long_name "Buoy Id"; String units "1"; } latitude { String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat"; Float64 actual_range -14.220717, -14.21955; String axis "Y"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0; String description "Latitude"; String gts_ingest "true"; String ioos_category "Location"; String long_name "Latitude"; String standard_name "latitude"; String units "degrees_north"; } longitude { String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon"; Float64 actual_range -169.51975, -169.518733; String axis "X"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0; String description "Longitude"; String gts_ingest "true"; 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 2.0, 2.0; String axis "Z"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String description "Z-coordinate of observation in vertical distance below reference. Down is positive. (reference is sea surface)"; String gts_ingest "true"; String ioos_category "Location"; String long_name "Depth"; String positive "down"; String standard_name "depth"; String units "m"; } sea_water_temperature { Float64 actual_range 28.05, 30.61; String ancillary_variables "sea_water_temperature_qc_agg sea_water_temperature_qc_gross_range_test sea_water_temperature_qc_rate_of_change_test sea_water_temperature_qc_spike_test sea_water_temperature_qc_flat_line_test"; Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0; Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0; String coverage_content_type "physicalMeasurement"; String description "Sea Water Temperature"; String gts_ingest "true"; String ioos_category "Temperature"; String long_name "Sea Water Temperature"; String standard_name "sea_water_temperature"; String units "degree_C"; } } NC_GLOBAL { String cdm_data_type "TimeSeries"; String cdm_timeseries_variables "location_id, latitude, longitude"; String citation "Ta'ū Island. 2025. backyardbuoys_faleasao_harbor. Backyard Buoys. https://backyardbuoys.org/erddap/Backyard Buoys - PacIOOS - American Samoa: Faleasao Harbor (Smart Mooring)"; String contributor_name "ASDPA, Backyard Buoys, NSF"; String contributor_role "resourceProvider, publisher, funder"; String contributor_role_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/"; String contributor_url "https://portadministration.as.gov/, https://backyardbuoys.org/, https://new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/convergence-accelerator/"; String Conventions "CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3, IOOS-1.2, COARDS"; String creation_date "2025-07-09"; String creator_country "United States"; String creator_email "keith@ridgetoreefs.org"; String creator_institution "Ta'ū Island"; String creator_name "Keith Ahsoon"; String creator_sector "indigenous"; String creator_type "institution"; String defaultDataQuery "time,latitude,longitude,sea_water_temperature,depth&time>=max(time)-30days"; String defaultGraphQuery "time,sea_water_temperature,depth &time>=max(time)-30days \t&.draw=markers &.vars=time|sea_water_temperature|depth &.yRange=||true &.marker=11|3"; Float64 Easternmost_Easting -169.518733; String featureType "TimeSeries"; Float64 geospatial_lat_max -14.21955; Float64 geospatial_lat_min -14.220717; String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north"; Float64 geospatial_lon_max -169.518733; Float64 geospatial_lon_min -169.51975; String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east"; Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 2.0; Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 2.0; String geospatial_vertical_positive "down"; String geospatial_vertical_units "m"; String gts_ingest "true"; String history "Making the files 2025-07-19T19:57:14Z (local files) 2025-07-19T19:57:14Z https://erddap.backyardbuoys.org/erddap/tabledap/backyardbuoys_faleasao_harbor_smart.html"; String infoUrl "https://backyardbuoys.org/"; String institution "Ta'ū Island"; String ioos_regional_association "PacIOOS"; String ioos_regional_association_url "https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/"; String keywords "agg, aggregate, aggregate_quality_flag, association, backyardbuoys, buoy, buoy_id, change, data, density, direction, directional, earth, earth science >, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Spectra, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction, flag, flat, flat_line_test_quality_flag, foundation, gross, gross_range_test_quality_flag, height, identifier, latitude, line, location_id, longitude, maximum, mean, source, spectra, spectral, speed, spike, spike_test_quality_flag, spread, station, statistics, surface, surface waves, systems, temperature, test, tests, time, variance, wave, wave period, wave spectra, wave speed/direction, waves, with"; String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords"; String license "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en"; String location_id "faleasao_harbor"; String location_name "Faleasao Harbor"; String naming_authority "wmo"; Float64 Northernmost_Northing -14.21955; String platform "buoy"; String platform_description "Sofar Spotter Buoy, moored"; String platform_vocabulary "https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform"; String program "Backyard Buoys"; String program_url "https://backyardbuoys.org/"; String project "Backyard Buoys"; String publisher_country "United States"; String publisher_email "setht1@uw.edu"; String publisher_institution "Backyard Buoys"; String publisher_name "Seth Travis"; String publisher_type "institution"; String publisher_url "https://backyardbuoys.org/"; String quality_control_method "https://ioos.noaa.gov/ioos-in-action/wave-data/"; String region "American Samoa"; String sourceUrl "(local files)"; Float64 Southernmost_Northing -14.220717; String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v85"; String subsetVariables "buoy_id"; String summary "Surface wave and water conditions, as collected as part of the Backyard Buoys program"; String testOutOfDate "now-30days"; String time_coverage_end "2025-07-09T18:55:31Z"; String time_coverage_start "2025-02-10T23:55:31Z"; String title "Backyard Buoys - PacIOOS - American Samoa: Faleasao Harbor (Smart Mooring)"; Float64 Westernmost_Easting -169.51975; } }
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.
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.