netcdf NTAS_temperature_2011_to_2022_v1 {
dimensions:
	time = 173265 ;
variables:
	double sea_water_temperature(time) ;
		sea_water_temperature:_FillValue = NaN ;
		string sea_water_temperature:units = "°C" ;
		sea_water_temperature:long_name = "sea water temperature" ;
		sea_water_temperature:comment = "Temperature measured directly by the instrument sensor." ;
		sea_water_temperature:std_single_sensor = "0.0168, 0.0171, 0.021, 0.0171, 0.0207, 0.0226, 0.0165, 0.0128, 0.0158" ;
		sea_water_temperature:std_single_sensor_comment = "Standard deviation of the time series obtained from a single sensor during the deployment." ;
		sea_water_temperature:std_sensor_diff = "0.0238, 0.0242, 0.0297, 0.0243, 0.0293, 0.032, 0.0233, 0.0181, 0.0223" ;
		sea_water_temperature:std_sensor_diff_comment = "Standard deviation of the difference between two co-located sensors during the deployment." ;
		sea_water_temperature:mean_sensor_diff = "0.0002, 0.0, 0.0006, 0.0024, -0.0004, -0.0001, 0.0008, 0.0005, 0.0" ;
		sea_water_temperature:mean_sensor_diff_comment = "Mean of the difference between two co-located sensors during the deployment." ;
		sea_water_temperature:standard_name = "sea_water_temperature" ;
		sea_water_temperature:coordinates = "time latitude longitude depth" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:_FillValue = NaN ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
		time:long_name = "Time" ;
		time:units = "seconds since 2011-11-25T21:59:59" ;
		time:calendar = "gregorian" ;
	double latitude(time) ;
		latitude:_FillValue = NaN ;
		latitude:units = "degrees_north" ;
		latitude:standard_name = "latitude" ;
		latitude:long_name = "Latitude" ;
	double longitude(time) ;
		longitude:_FillValue = NaN ;
		longitude:units = "degrees_east" ;
		longitude:standard_name = "longitude" ;
		longitude:long_name = "Longitude" ;
	double depth(time) ;
		depth:_FillValue = NaN ;
		depth:units = "m" ;
		depth:standard_name = "depth" ;
		depth:positive = "down" ;
		depth:long_name = "Instrument depth" ;

// global attributes:
		:site_code = "NTAS" ;
		:deployment = "11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20" ;
		:data_type = "OceanSITES time-series data" ;
		:format_version = "1.4" ;
		:principal_investigator = "Albert Plueddemann" ;
		:principal_investigator_email = "aplueddemann@whoi.edu" ;
		:experiment = "NTAS Ocean Reference Station" ;
		:platform_type = "surface mooring" ;
		:platform_code = "NTAS" ;
		:institution = "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution" ;
		:data_assembly_center = "WHOI-UOP" ;
		:source = "Mooring observation" ;
		:naming_authority = "OceanSITES" ;
		:cdm_data_type = "Station" ;
		:wmo_platform_code = "48401" ;
		:network = "OceanSITES" ;
		:platform_anchor_over_time = "missing, 2012-12-03T21:24:00, 2013-10-22T22:58:00, 2014-12-13T18:27:00, 2017-01-30T20:31:00, 2018-06-10T20:53:00, 2020-01-10T17:45:00, 2020-10-22T19:03:00, 2021-11-12T18:57:00" ;
		:platform_buoy_recovery_time = "missing, 2013-10-29T09:53:00, missing, 2016-02-04T14:08:00, 2018-06-12T12:27:00, 2020-01-16T10:41:00, 2020-10-24T12:14:00, 2021-11-13T14:22:00, 2022-10-15T15:17:00" ;
		:platform_deployment_cruise_name = "RB-11-03, PC-12-08, RB-13-05, EN549, EN590, PC1803, RB2001, RB2006, PC2107" ;
		:platform_recovery_cruise_name = "PC-12-08, RB-13-05, EN-549, EN573, PC1803, RB2001, RB2006, PC2107, RB2204" ;
		:latitude_anchor_survey = "14.825066666666666, 14.749216666666667, 14.82525, 14.744, 14.753516666666666, 14.82447, 14.743016666666668, 14.824583333333333, 14.748283333333333" ;
		:longitude_anchor_survey = "-51.01753333333333, -50.9496, -51.01671666666667, -50.96183333333333, -50.95086666666667, -51.01656833333333, -50.9451, -51.01605, -50.93886666666667" ;
		:version = "v1" ;
		:comments = "" ;
		:water_depth_from_ship_uncorrected_m = "4940, missing, 4975, 4989, 5002, 4985, 5018, missing, 5044" ;
		:water_depth_from_ship_corrected_m = "4978, 5035, 4975, 5027, 5040, 5021, 5055, 4985, 5044" ;
		:water_depth_from_mooring_diagram_m = "4978, 5035, 5000, 5000, 5000, 5000, 5000, 5000, 5054" ;
		:instrument_model = "SBE-16, SBE-16, SBE37, SBE37, SBE37, SBE37, SBE37, SBE37" ;
		:instrument_SN = "2324, 1877, 2323, 11392, 11392, 11380, 11392, 12246, 11392" ;
		:instrument_manufacturer = "SeaBird Electronics" ;
		:instrument_mount = "on mooring line" ;
		:instrument_height_above_bottom_m = 39LL ;
		:instrument_depth = "4939, 4996, 4936, 4988, 5001, 4982, 5016, 4946, 5005" ;
		:instrument_depth_comment = "water depth from ship corrected minus instrument height above bottom" ;
		:time_coverage_start = "2011-11-25 21:59:59" ;
		:time_coverage_end = "2022-10-15 15:00:00" ;
		:geospatial_lat_min = 14.7430166666667 ;
		:geospatial_lat_max = 14.82525 ;
		:geospatial_lat_units = "degree_north" ;
		:geospatial_lon_min = -51.0175333333333 ;
		:geospatial_lon_max = -50.9388666666667 ;
		:geospatial_lon_units = "degree_east" ;
		:geospatial_vertical_min = 4936. ;
		:geospatial_vertical_max = 5016. ;
		:geospatial_vertical_units = "m" ;
		:geospatial_vertical_positive = "down" ;
		:merge_point = "2011-11-25T21:59:59, 2012-12-10T01:30:00, 2013-10-24T03:00:00, 2014-12-14T15:00:00, 2017-01-31T00:30:00, 2018-06-11T12:00:00, 2020-01-14T21:30:00, 2020-10-24T08:00:00, 2021-11-13T13:30:00" ;
		:merge_point_comment = "Merge points define the exact timestamps where individual datasets are stitched together in this combined timeseries. First value represents the start timestamp of the first dataset, establishing the initial reference point. Subsequent values indicate precise timestamps where additional datasets were joined. For non-overlapping datasets, the merge occurs at the start timestamp of each additional dataset." ;
		:notes = "NTAS 15 deep temperature data is missing because of instrument failure. We merged NTAS 11 to NTAS 14 with NTAS 16 at 2017-01-31T00:30:00Z based on minimal differences, and use _FillValue to fill the missing data." ;
		:acknowledgement = "The NTAS project is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program through the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR) under Cooperative Agreement NA14OAR4320158. NOAA CPO FundRef number (100007298)." ;
		:Conventions = "CF-1.8" ;
		:processing_date = "2025-12-02 17:40:33" ;
		:processing_description = "Temperature-only CF-compliant dataset with explicit coordinates" ;
		:coordinates_variables = "latitude longitude depth" ;
		:title = "NTAS Ocean Reference Station - Temperature Only" ;
		:summary = "Sea water temperature measurements from NTAS moorings 11-20 (2011-2022)" ;
}