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Dataset Title:	Bathymetry from OSOM grid - Narragansett Bay
Institution:	Rhode Island Data Discovery Center (Dataset ID: bathymetry_35a3_914d_8129)
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)

longitude (longitude of RHO-points, degrees_east)

latitude (latitude of RHO-points, degrees_north)

model_bathymetry (Model bathymetry at RHO-points, meters)

landmask (mask on RHO-points)

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 "X-location of RHO-points";
    String units "count";
  }
  xi_rho {
    Int16 actual_range 0, 999;
    String long_name "Y-location of RHO-points";
    String units "count";
  }
  longitude {
    String long_name "longitude of RHO-points";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    String long_name "latitude of RHO-points";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  model_bathymetry {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 80.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String colorBarPalette "KT_dense";
    String long_name "Model bathymetry at RHO-points";
    String standard_name "sea_floor_depth";
    String units "meters";
  }
  landmask {
    Int32 colorBarMaximum 1;
    Int32 colorBarMinimum 0;
    String colorBarPalette "BlackWhite";
    String flag_meanings "land water";
    String flag_name "land, water";
    String flag_values "0.0, 1.0";
    String long_name "mask on RHO-points";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3";
    String defaultGraphQuery "model_bathymetry[0:last][0:last][last]&.draw=surface&xi_rho=xi_rho&eta_rho=eta_rho&model_bathymetry=model_bathymetry&";
    String history 
"Wed Jul 16 09:37:48 2025: ncpdq -a -lat_rho osom_grid4_mindep_smlp_mod10.nc osom_grid4_mindep_smlp_mod10.nc
Wed Jul 16 09:37:33 2025: ncpdq -a -lon_rho osom_grid4_mindep_smlp_mod10.nc osom_grid4_mindep_smlp_mod10.nc
GRID file using Matlab script: c_grid, Tuesday - May 3, 2016 - 11:31:28.2636 AM
2025-10-08T18:14:46Z (local files)
2025-10-08T18:14:46Z http://qa-erddap.riddc.brown.edu/erddap/griddap/bathymetry_35a3_914d_8129.das";
    String infoUrl "https://data-explorer.riddc.brown.edu/dataset/osom/summary";
    String institution "Rhode Island Data Discovery Center";
    String keywords "bath, bathymetry, data, depth, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry, eta, eta_rho, floor, hraw, local, ocean, oceans, points, rho, rho-points, science, sea, sea_floor_depth, seafloor, source, topography, working, xi, xi_rho";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    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 NCO "netCDF Operators version 5.1.5 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "Data from a local source. Latitude and longitude included as data variables than can be mapped to the OSOM grid.";
    String title "Bathymetry from OSOM grid - Narragansett Bay";
    String type "GRID file";
  }
}

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