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Dataset Title:	OSOM-coords-lat-long
Institution:	Rhode Island Data Discovery (Dataset ID: model_data_949c_d20a_81a7)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
eta_rho (count)	1100	1.0 (even)

xi_rho (count)	1000	1.0 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

latitude (latitute of RHO-points, degrees_north)

longitude (longitude of RHO-points, degrees_east)

File type: (more information)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  eta_rho {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 1099;
    String long_name "eta rho";
    String units "count";
  }
  xi_rho {
    Int16 actual_range 0, 999;
    String long_name "xi rho";
    String units "count";
  }
  latitude {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String long_name "latitute of RHO-points";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String long_name "longitude of RHO-points";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.7.3,hdf5=1.10.4";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String history 
"GRID file using Matlab script: c_grid, Tuesday - May 3, 2016 - 11:31:28.2636 AM
2025-11-18T18:35:28Z (local files)
2025-11-18T18:35:28Z http://erddap.riddc.brown.edu/erddap/griddap/model_data_949c_d20a_81a7.das";
    String infoUrl "riddc.brown.edu";
    String institution "Rhode Island Data Discovery";
    String keywords "coords, data, eta_rho, latitude, latitute, long, longitude, osom, osom-coords-lat-long, points, rho, rho-points, xi_rho";
    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 v55";
    String summary "OSOM-coords-lat-long. Translation from rho coordinates used in OSOM model to latitude and longitude. Data from a local source.";
    String title "OSOM-coords-lat-long";
    String type "GRID file";
  }
}

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