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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	Global Drifter Program - Looper Trajectories		F   I   M	background			NOAA/AOML	drifter_loopers

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	author	String	Lumpkin (2016), J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, doi:10.1002/2015JC011435
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	aoml.webmaster at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	NOAA/AOML
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	datadate	String	Climatology uses data through 05-Mar-2023
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date2	String	File created 15-Aug-2023 16:18:12
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	description	String	Looper trajectory segments in Global Drifter Program data base
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	180.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	89.705
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-77.599
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	180.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-179.999
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp/loopers.php
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NOAA/AOML
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	1/1/1979, aoml, atlantic, correlation, data, days, drifter, drogue, drogued, function, global, identification, integral, julian, laboratory, latitude, longitude, looper, loopers, looping, meridional, meteorological, noaa, noaa/aoml, number, oceanographic, omega, orbital, perFit, period, persist, persistence, presence, program, radius, scale, since, spin, T_L, time, trajectories, u, uncertain, undrogued, unique, v, velocity, zonal
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) This study used data collected and made freely available by the NOAA Global Drifter Program (https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/gdp/) accessed from https://erddap.aoml.noaa.gov/gdp/erddap/index.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	89.705
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-77.599
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	loopers. Global Drifter Program product derived from drifting buoy data containing looper trajectory segments
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Global Drifter Program - Looper Trajectories
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	2.4
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-179.999
variable	T_L		double
attribute	T_L	actual_range	double	0.5835982586648404, 79.79412072994886
attribute	T_L	colorBarMaximum	double	100.0
attribute	T_L	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	T_L	long_name	String	integral time scale from velocity correlation function
attribute	T_L	units	String	days
attribute	T_L	valid_max	double	79.7941
attribute	T_L	valid_min	double	0.5836
variable	drogue		double
attribute	drogue	actual_range	double	0.0, 1.0
attribute	drogue	colorBarMaximum	double	1.5
attribute	drogue	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	drogue	long_name	String	drogue presence (1=drogued, 0=undrogued, .5=uncertain)
attribute	drogue	valid_max	double	1.0
attribute	drogue	valid_min	double	0.0
variable	id		double
attribute	id	actual_range	double	2578.0, 3.005340679025E14
attribute	id	colorBarMaximum	double	100.0
attribute	id	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	id	long_name	String	unique Global Drifter Program identification number
attribute	id	valid_max	double	3.005340679025E14
attribute	id	valid_min	double	2578.0
variable	latitude		double
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	-77.599, 89.705
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	colorBarMaximum	double	90.0
attribute	latitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-90.0
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude (negative = south)
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
attribute	latitude	valid_max	double	89.705
attribute	latitude	valid_min	double	-77.599
variable	longitude		double
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-179.999, 180.0
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	colorBarMaximum	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	colorBarMinimum	double	-180.0
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude (negative = west)
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
attribute	longitude	valid_max	double	180.0
attribute	longitude	valid_min	double	-179.999
variable	omega		double
attribute	omega	actual_range	double	-2.3525075216607996E-4, 1.483140894798277E-4
attribute	omega	colorBarMaximum	double	0.1
attribute	omega	colorBarMinimum	double	-0.1
attribute	omega	long_name	String	spin omega
attribute	omega	standard_name	String	omega
attribute	omega	units	String	s^-1
attribute	omega	valid_max	double	1.4831E-4
attribute	omega	valid_min	double	-2.3525E-4
variable	period		double
attribute	period	actual_range	double	0.30912569459115186, 1299385.527705299
attribute	period	colorBarMaximum	double	1500000.0
attribute	period	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	period	long_name	String	period (2 pi / omega)
attribute	period	units	String	days
attribute	period	valid_max	double	1299385.5277
attribute	period	valid_min	double	0.30913
variable	perFit		double
attribute	perFit	actual_range	double	1.0, 36.5
attribute	perFit	colorBarMaximum	double	40.0
attribute	perFit	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	perFit	long_name	String	period from velocity correlation function
attribute	perFit	units	String	days
attribute	perFit	valid_max	double	36.5
attribute	perFit	valid_min	double	1.0
variable	persist		double
attribute	persist	actual_range	double	2.0, 347.5
attribute	persist	colorBarMaximum	double	400.0
attribute	persist	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	persist	long_name	String	persistence of looping
attribute	persist	units	String	days
attribute	persist	valid_max	double	347.5
attribute	persist	valid_min	double	2.0
variable	radius		double
attribute	radius	actual_range	double	0.09906600231525586, 3.2668276806932898E9
attribute	radius	colorBarMaximum	double	4.0E9
attribute	radius	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	radius	long_name	String	orbital radius
attribute	radius	units	String	m
attribute	radius	valid_max	double	3.2668276806933E9
attribute	radius	valid_min	double	0.099066
variable	t		double
attribute	t	actual_range	double	170.75, 16133.5
attribute	t	colorBarMaximum	double	20000.0
attribute	t	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	t	long_name	String	Julian days since 1/1/1979
attribute	t	units	String	m
attribute	t	valid_max	double	16133.5
attribute	t	valid_min	double	170.75
variable	u		double
attribute	u	actual_range	double	-2.0757657525229476, 2.2601482987285175
attribute	u	colorBarMaximum	double	3.0
attribute	u	colorBarMinimum	double	-3.0
attribute	u	long_name	String	zonal velocity
attribute	u	units	String	m/s
attribute	u	valid_max	double	2.2601
attribute	u	valid_min	double	-2.0758
variable	v		double
attribute	v	actual_range	double	-2.459580027804985, 2.0227230649523413
attribute	v	colorBarMaximum	double	3.0
attribute	v	colorBarMinimum	double	-3.0
attribute	v	long_name	String	meridional velocity
attribute	v	units	String	m/s
attribute	v	valid_max	double	2.0227
attribute	v	valid_min	double	-2.4596

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