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Dataset Title:  Backyard Buoys - PacIOOS - American Samoa: Ta'ū Harbor (Smart Mooring) Subscribe RSS
Institution:  Ta'ū Island   (Dataset ID: backyardbuoys_tau_harbor_smart)
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Variable ?   Optional
Constraint #1 ? 		Optional
Constraint #2 ? 		   Minimum ?
   or a List of Values ? 		   Maximum ?
 
 location_id (1) ?          "tau_harbor"    "tau_harbor"
 time (UTC) ?          2025-02-10T23:55:30Z    2025-02-13T19:35:30Z
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 buoy_id (1) ?      
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?          -14.24325    -14.242683
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 longitude (degrees_east) ?          -169.511417    -169.510817
  < slider >
 depth (m) ?          2.0    2.0
  < slider >
 sea_water_temperature (degree_C) ?          30.04    30.45
 
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

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 1.73923173e+9, 1.73947533e+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 -14.24325, -14.242683;
    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 -169.511417, -169.510817;
    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 30.04, 30.45;
    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_tau_harbor. Backyard Buoys. https://backyardbuoys.org/erddap/Backyard Buoys - PacIOOS - American Samoa: Ta'ū 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 "2025-07-17";
    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 -169.510817;
    String featureType "TimeSeries";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max -14.242683;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -14.24325;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -169.510817;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -169.511417;
    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
2025-11-05T13:17:07Z (local files)
2025-11-05T13:17:07Z https://erddap.backyardbuoys.org/erddap/tabledap/backyardbuoys_tau_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 &gt, 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 "tau_harbor";
    String location_name "Ta'ū Harbor";
    String naming_authority "wmo";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing -14.242683;
    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 -14.24325;
    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 "2025-02-13T19:35:30Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2025-02-10T23:55:30Z";
    String title "Backyard Buoys - PacIOOS - American Samoa: Ta'ū Harbor (Smart Mooring)";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -169.511417;
  }
}

 

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.

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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