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Dataset Title:	Daily Southern Ocean Sea Level Anomaly And Geostrophic Currents from multimission altimetry, 2013-2019
Institution:	CLS,CNES (Dataset ID: seanoe_slev_anomaly_geostrophic_currents)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	2313	1 day (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	350	1.0 (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	350	1.0 (even)

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

sla (Sea Level Anomaly, m)

formal_error (Optimal Interpolation Formal Error, m)

U (Zonal Geostrophic Current Anomaly, m/s)

V (Meridional Geostrophic Current Anomaly, m/s)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.3647744e+9, 1.5645312e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Int16 actual_range 0, 349;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String source_name "x";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Int16 actual_range 0, 349;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String source_name "y";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  sla {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -2.0;
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "Sea Level Anomaly";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_height_above_sea_level";
    String units "m";
  }
  formal_error {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 50.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Optimal Interpolation Formal Error";
    String standard_name "formal_err";
    String units "m";
  }
  U {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Zonal Geostrophic Current Anomaly";
    String standard_name "zonal_geostophic_current_anomaly";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  V {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -10.0;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Meridional Geostrophic Current Anomaly";
    String standard_name "meridional_geostophic_current_anomaly";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String comment "Sea Level Anomaly measured by Altimetry and derived variables";
    String contact "matthis.auger@locean.ipsl.fr";
    String Conventions "CF-1.10, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "matthis.auger@locean.ipsl.fr";
    String creator_name "Matthis Auger";
    String creator_type "person";
    String creator_url "http://aviso.altimetry.fr";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 349.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 349.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 0.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 1.0;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 349.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 0.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 1.0;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String Grid "Subset of Southern Hemisphere 25km EASE2 Grid";
    String history 
"Altimetry measurements
2025-10-30T05:23:19Z (local files)
2025-10-30T05:23:19Z https://er1.s4oceanice.eu/erddap/griddap/seanoe_slev_anomaly_geostrophic_currents.das";
    String infoUrl "http://aviso.altimetry.fr";
    String institution "CLS,CNES";
    String keywords "above, anomaly, centre, cls, cnes, collecte, current, currents, data, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Sea Surface Topography > Sea Surface Height, error, etudes, formal, formal_err, formal_error, geostophic, geostrophic, gridded, height, interpolation, level, localisation, meridional, meridional_geostophic_current_anomaly, multi, multi-satellite, national, ocean, oceans, oceans>ocean topography>sea surface height, optimal, product, satellite, satellites, science, sea, sea level, sea_surface_height_above_sea_level, sla, spatiales, statistics, surface, time, topography, zonal, zonal_geostophic_current_anomaly";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "CC-BY4.0";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 349.0;
    String platform "AL_C2_S3A";
    String processing_level "L4";
    String product_version "1.1";
    String references "http://aviso.altimetry.fr";
    String source "Altimetry measurements";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 0.0;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "Sea Level Anomaly measured by Altimetry and derived variables";
    String time_coverage_duration "P2312.0D";
    String time_coverage_end "2019-07-31T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "P1.0D";
    String time_coverage_start "2013-04-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Daily Southern Ocean Sea Level Anomaly And Geostrophic Currents from multimission altimetry, 2013-2019";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 0.0;
  }
}

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