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Surface Currents - MARACOOS - 6km - Realtime, QARTOD QC

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Citation
Originator
Project: Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System - High Frequency Radar Sea Surface Current Mapping Name: Michael Smith Email: michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu Institution: Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University InfoURL: rucool.marine.rutgers.edu Source URL: (local files)
Publication Date
20230403
Title
Surface Currents - MARACOOS - 6km - Realtime, QARTOD QC
Edition
Unknown
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
raster digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Publisher
ERDDAP, version 2.27.0, at Rutgers University DMCS
Online Linkage
https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/griddap/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod.html
Online Linkage
https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/griddap/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod.graph
Online Linkage
https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/wms/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod/request
Abstract
Optimally Interpolated Total Vectors calculated by HFRProgs toolbox using MATLAB. Mercator lat/lon projection
Purpose
Unknown
Supplemental Information
rucool.marine.rutgers.edu
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Period
Beginning
20230316
End
20250820
Bounding Box
West
-77.90598
East
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North
43.85136
South
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Theme Keyword
/sqrt
6km
advisories
associated
association
atlantic
calculate
center
circulation
coastal
component
current
currents
data
department
directional
each
earth
Earth Science Oceans Coastal Processes
Earth Science Oceans Ocean Circulation
Earth Science Oceans Ocean Circulation Ocean Currents
Earth Science Oceans Ocean Tides
Earth Science Oceans Ocean Waves
Earth Science Oceans Ocean Winds
Earth Science Spectral/Engineering Radar
eastward
engineering
environmental
Environmental Advisories Marine Advisories Marine Weather/Forecast
err^2
error
flag
forecast
hat
hat-
information
leadership
mapping
maracoos
marine
maximum
measurements
mid
mid-atlantic
normalized
northward
number
number_of_radials
observing
ocean
oceans
operator
primary
processes
qc303_maxspeed
qc305_validlocation
qc306_uerr
qc307_verr
qc_operator_flag
qc_primary_flag
quality
radar
radial
regional
rutgers
science
sciences
sea
seawater
spectral
spectral/engineering
speed
sqrt
statistics
status
surface
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
surface_northward_sea_water_velocity
surface_northward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
system
test
tides
time
total_errors
totals
u
u^2
u_err
uerr
uncertainty
university
used
uv_covariance
v
v^2
v_err
valid
value
velocity
verr
verr^2
water
waves
weather
weather/forecast
winds
with
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
GCMD Science Keywords
Theme Keyword
time
depth
latitude
longitude
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity
surface_northward_sea_water_velocity
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
surface_northward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CF Standard Name Table v41
Place Keyword
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
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.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Delivery Point
Unknown
Delivery Point
Unknown
City
Unknown
State
Unknown
Postal Code
Unknown
Country
Unknown
Contact Telephone
Unknown
Contact Electronic Mail Address
michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu
Credit
Contributor Name: Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Michael Smith, Laura Nazzaro, Teresa Updyke, Harvey Seim, Michael Muglia, Patterson Taylor, Spencer Wilkinson, Anthony Whipple Contributor Role: Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator, Hardware Maintenance, Data Manager, Data Manager, Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator, Hardware Maintenance, Hardware Maintenance, Hardware Maintenance Acknowledgement: This data is provided by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS). Funding is provided by the U.S. Integration Ocean Observing System (IOOS).
Collection
Originator
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System - High Frequency Radar Sea Surface Current Mapping
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
Unknown
Completeness Report
Unknown
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Unknown
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Raster
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type
Grid Cell
Row Count
187
Column Count
196
Vertical Count
1
Spatial Reference Information
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Geographic
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0.05394
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Geographic Coordinate Units
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Geodetic Model
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Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
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Name
Name
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20250821
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Rutgers University DMCS
Contact Person
John Kerfoot
Contact Position
ERDDAP administrator
Contact Address
Address
71 Dudley Road
City
New Brunswick
State or Province
NJ
Postal Code
08901
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
848-932-3344
Contact Electronic Mail Address
kerfoot@marine.rutgers.edu
Metadata Standard Name
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-012-2002

    realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod eng UTF8 dataset service John Kerfoot Rutgers University DMCS 848-932-3344 71 Dudley Road New Brunswick NJ 08901 USA kerfoot@marine.rutgers.edu pointOfContact 2025-08-21 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 4 column 196 0.058075230769230754 row 187 0.05394 vertical 1 temporal 21041 3650.4752851711028 area Surface Currents - MARACOOS - 6km - Realtime, QARTOD QC 2023-04-03 creation 2023-04-03 issued hfr.marine.rutgers.edu realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod Michael Smith Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu rucool.marine.rutgers.edu information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Michael Smith, Laura Nazzaro, Teresa Updyke, Harvey Seim, Michael Muglia, Patterson Taylor, Spencer Wilkinson, Anthony Whipple contributor Optimally Interpolated Total Vectors calculated by HFRProgs toolbox using MATLAB. Mercator lat/lon projection This data is provided by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS). Funding is provided by the U.S. Integration Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Michael Smith Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu rucool.marine.rutgers.edu information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information pointOfContact /sqrt 6km advisories associated association atlantic calculate center circulation coastal component current currents data department directional each earth eastward engineering environmental err^2 error flag forecast hat hat- information leadership mapping maracoos marine maximum measurements mid mid-atlantic normalized northward number observing ocean oceans operator primary processes quality radar radial regional rutgers science sciences sea seawater spectral spectral/engineering speed sqrt statistics status surface system test tides totals u u^2 uerr uncertainty university used v v^2 valid value velocity verr verr^2 water waves weather weather/forecast winds with theme Environmental Advisories Marine Advisories Marine Weather/Forecast Earth Science Spectral/Engineering Radar Earth Science Oceans Ocean Winds Earth Science Oceans Ocean Waves Earth Science Oceans Ocean Tides Earth Science Oceans Ocean Circulation Ocean Currents Earth Science Oceans Ocean Circulation Earth Science Oceans Coastal Processes theme GCMD Science Keywords Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System - High Frequency Radar Sea Surface Current Mapping project time depth latitude longitude surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity surface_northward_sea_water_velocity surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag surface_northward_sea_water_velocity status_flag surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity status_flag theme CF Standard Name Table v41 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. Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System - High Frequency Radar Sea Surface Current Mapping largerWorkCitation project Unidata Common Data Model Grid largerWorkCitation project eng geoscientificInformation 1 -77.90598 -66.58131 33.81852 43.85136 seconds 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z 2025-08-20T23:00:00Z -0.0 -0.0 Surface Currents - MARACOOS - 6km - Realtime, QARTOD QC 2023-04-03 creation 2023-04-03 issued Michael Smith Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu rucool.marine.rutgers.edu information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Michael Smith, Laura Nazzaro, Teresa Updyke, Harvey Seim, Michael Muglia, Patterson Taylor, Spencer Wilkinson, Anthony Whipple contributor Optimally Interpolated Total Vectors calculated by HFRProgs toolbox using MATLAB. Mercator lat/lon projection ERDDAP griddap 1 -77.90598 -66.58131 33.81852 43.85136 seconds 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z 2025-08-20T23:00:00Z -0.0 -0.0 tight ERDDAPgriddapDatasetQueryAndAccess https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/griddap/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod ERDDAP:griddap ERDDAP-griddap ERDDAP's griddap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download Surface Currents - MARACOOS - 6km - Realtime, QARTOD QC 2023-04-03 creation 2023-04-03 issued Michael Smith Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu rucool.marine.rutgers.edu information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Michael Smith, Laura Nazzaro, Teresa Updyke, Harvey Seim, Michael Muglia, Patterson Taylor, Spencer Wilkinson, Anthony Whipple contributor Optimally Interpolated Total Vectors calculated by HFRProgs toolbox using MATLAB. Mercator lat/lon projection OPeNDAP 1 -77.90598 -66.58131 33.81852 43.85136 seconds 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z 2025-08-20T23:00:00Z -0.0 -0.0 tight OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/griddap/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP OPeNDAP An OPeNDAP service for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download Surface Currents - MARACOOS - 6km - Realtime, QARTOD QC 2023-04-03 creation 2023-04-03 issued Michael Smith Center for Ocean Observing and Leadership, Department of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University michaesm@marine.rutgers.edu rucool.marine.rutgers.edu information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Michael Smith, Laura Nazzaro, Teresa Updyke, Harvey Seim, Michael Muglia, Patterson Taylor, Spencer Wilkinson, Anthony Whipple contributor Optimally Interpolated Total Vectors calculated by HFRProgs toolbox using MATLAB. Mercator lat/lon projection Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) 1 -77.90598 -66.58131 33.81852 43.85136 seconds 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z 2025-08-20T23:00:00Z -0.0 -0.0 tight GetCapabilities https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/wms/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod/request?service=WMSversion=1.3.0request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS OGC-WMS Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) download physicalMeasurement u float Eastward Surface Current (m/s) v float Northward Surface Current (m/s) u_err float Normalized uncertainty associated with eastward velocity component, (u_hat - u)^2/u^2 v_err float Normalized uncertainty associated with northward velocity component, (v_hat - v)^2/v^2 total_errors float Associated mapping error value, sqrt(U_err^2 + Verr^2) uv_covariance float Directional information of u and v, (u_hat -u)(v_hat- v)/sqrt(u^2v^2) number_of_radials short Number of radial measurements used to calculate each totals velocity qc303_maxspeed byte maximum speed test flag qc305_validlocation byte valid location test flag qc306_uerr byte Uerr flag qc307_verr byte Verr flag qc_primary_flag byte Primary Flag qc_operator_flag byte Operator Flag John Kerfoot Rutgers University DMCS 848-932-3344 71 Dudley Road New Brunswick NJ 08901 USA kerfoot@marine.rutgers.edu distributor OPeNDAP DAP/2.0 https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/griddap/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod.html order Data Subset Form ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. download https://hfr.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/griddap/realtime_maracoos_6km_totals_qartod.graph order Make-A-Graph Form ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. mapDigital dataset Hourly CODAR radial data combined into one hourly file containing vectors. This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 2.27.0
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