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Dataset Title:	39 years of directional wave recorded data at the Acqua Alta oceanographic tower. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.885361
Institution:	CNR-ISMAR (Dataset ID: PTF_WAVES_1979_2017)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Variable	Optional Constraint #1		Optional Constraint #2		Minimum	Maximum
n (N [#])
time (Date/Time, UTC)
Wave_h (Wave H [m] (significant))
Freq (Freq [Hz] (mean))
PwPw (Pw Pw [s] (mean))
Wave_m_dir (Sea Surface Wave To Direction)
Freq_2 (Freq [Hz] (peak))
PwPw_2 (Pw Pw [s] (peak))

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  n {
    Byte _FillValue 127;
    String _Unsigned "false";
    String long_name "N [#]";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Date/Time";
    String source_name "Date/Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  Wave_h {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    String long_name "Wave H [m] (significant)";
  }
  Freq {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    String long_name "Freq [Hz] (mean)";
  }
  PwPw {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    String long_name "Pw Pw [s] (mean)";
  }
  Wave_m_dir {
    Int16 _FillValue 32767;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String long_name "Sea Surface Wave To Direction";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_wave_to_direction";
  }
  Freq_2 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    String long_name "Freq [Hz] (peak)";
  }
  PwPw_2 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    String long_name "Pw Pw [s] (peak)";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "CNR-ISMAR";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String history 
"2024-11-23T07:58:41Z (local files)
2024-11-23T07:58:41Z http://erddap.ve.ismar.cnr.it/erddap/tabledap/PTF_WAVES_1979_2017.html";
    String infoUrl "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.885361";
    String institution "CNR-ISMAR";
    String keywords "sea level";
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "\"The dataset consists of a 39-year long directional wave time series recorded since 1979 at the CNR-ISMAR \"Acqua Alta\" oceanographic research tower (AAOT), located in the Northern Adriatic Sea. The extent of the time series allows to describe the wave climate in the North Adriatic region and to identify trends and links with large scale climate patterns from a single and permanent observational source.\\nThe northern part of the Adriatic Sea is characterized by two main wind and correspondingly wave regimes, strongly forced by the regional orography. The high sensitivity of this particular area to even small variations of large scale meteorological patterns allows to explore possible links of the local wave, hence wind, activity with large-scale north hemisphere circulation or weather regimes.\\nDifferent wave gauges have been used since the start of the measurements, progressively upgraded and repositioned during maintenance operations. The recorded wave data have been thoroughly verified and corrected where necessary.\"";
    String title "39 years of directional wave recorded data at the Acqua Alta oceanographic tower. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.885361";
  }
}

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