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Dataset Title:	8x Daily NARR (8timesdaily, quflux lat lon) [time][y][x]
Institution:	National Centers for Environmental Prediction (Dataset ID: noaa_pmel_2506_b621_ee38)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

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Things You Can Do With Your Graphs

Well, you can do anything you want with your graphs, of course. But some things you might not have considered are:

Web page authors can embed a graph of the latest data in a web page using HTML <img> tags.
Anyone can use Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs of the latest data, each in its own, draggable slide.

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 2.839968e+8, 1.28061e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String coordinate_defines "start";
    String delta_t "0000-00-00 03:00:00";
    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";
  }
  y {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 8959788.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "northward distance from southwest corner of domain in projection coordinates";
    String standard_name "projection_y_coordinate";
    String units "m";
  }
  x {
    Float32 actual_range 0.0, 1.129712E7;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "eastward distance from southwest corner of domain in projection coordinates";
    String standard_name "projection_x_coordinate";
    String units "m";
  }
  quflux {
    String _CoordinateAxes "lat lon time y x";
    Int32 _FillValue -3277;
    Int32 actual_range -80, 131645;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 500.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -500.0;
    String coordinates "lat lon";
    String dataset "NARR 3-hourly";
    Int32 GRIB_id 211;
    String GRIB_name "QUFLUX";
    String grid_mapping "Lambert_Conformal";
    String ioos_category "Heat Flux";
    String level_desc "Surface";
    String long_name "3-hourly Upward Shortwave Radiation Flux at Surface";
    Int32 missing_value 3277;
    String parent_stat "Other";
    Int16 precision 1;
    String statistic "Individual Obs";
    String units "kg/m^2";
    Float32 unpacked_valid_range 0.0, 900.0;
    Int16 valid_range -32766, -23766;
    String var_desc "upward shortwave radiation flux";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    Float64 centerlat 50.0;
    Float64 centerlon -107.0;
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String creator_name "National Centers for Environmental Prediction";
    String creator_url "http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/geoide/dodsC/Datasets/NARR/Derived/8timesdaily/quflux_lat_lon_aggregation.html";
    String history 
"created 2006/07 by data management at NOAA/ESRL/PSD
2013-03-16T02:31:41Z http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/geoide/dodsC/Datasets/NARR/Derived/8timesdaily/quflux_lat_lon_aggregation
2013-03-16T02:31:41Z http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/griddap/noaa_pmel_2506_b621_ee38.das";
    String infoUrl "http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/geoide/dodsC/Datasets/NARR/Derived/8timesdaily/quflux_lat_lon_aggregation.html";
    String institution "National Centers for Environmental Prediction";
    String keywords 
"3-hourly, 8timesdaily, centers, daily, environmental, flux, heat, heat flux,
hourly, narr, national, prediction, quflux, radiation, shortwave, surface,
upward";
    Float32 latcorners 1.000001, 0.897945, 46.3544, 46.63433;
    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.";
    Float32 loncorners -145.5, -68.32005, -2.569891, 148.6418;
    String Metadata_Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0";
    String platform "Model";
    String references 
"http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/rreanl/index.html
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.narr.html";
    String sourceUrl "http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/geoide/dodsC/Datasets/NARR/Derived/8timesdaily/quflux_lat_lon_aggregation";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-12";
    Float64 standardpar1 50.0;
    Float64 standardpar2 50.000001;
    String stream "s1";
    String summary 
"8x Daily NARR
(8timesdaily, quflux lat lon)";
    String time_coverage_end "2010-07-31T21:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1979-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "8x Daily NARR (8timesdaily, quflux lat lon) [time][y][x]";
  }
}

Using griddap to Request Data and Graphs from Gridded Datasets

griddap lets you request a data subset, graph, or map from a gridded dataset (for example, sea surface
temperature data from a satellite), via a specially formed URL. griddap uses the
OPeNDAP Data Access Protocol (DAP) and its projection constraints.

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file
type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form. It makes the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by
hand or with a computer program or script.

griddap request URLs must be in the form
http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
http://upwell.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdBAssta5day.htmlTable?sst[(2007-10-21T00:00:00)][0][(-75):100:(75)][(180):100:(360)]
Thus, the query is often a variable name (e.g., sst),
followed by a set of [] for each of the variable's dimensions
(for example, [time][altitude][latitude][longitude]),
with your desired (start):stride:(stop) values within each [].

For details, see the griddap Documentation.

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