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Dataset Title:	West Flower Garden Banks Benthic_Covage Monitoring 1989-2017 - OBIS Event
Institution:	NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Dataset ID: west_flower_garden_bank_benthic_coverage_20190111_2_OBIS_Event_v0-0)
Range:	longitude = 93.81482 to 93.81482°E, latitude = 27.875317 to 27.875317°N, depth = 27.5 to 27.5m, time = 1989-01-01T05:00:00Z to 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  observations {
    Byte _FillValue 127;
    String _Unsigned "false";
    Byte actual_range 0, 26;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Observations";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 5.99634e+8, 1.4832468e+9;
    String ancillary_variables "unknwon";
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1.6e+9;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 4.0e+8;
    String comment "Measurements were performed between April and September sometimes weather perminting into November, but no specific date was given.";
    String coverage_content_type "time";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String standard_name_url "http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    Float64 valid_max 1.4832288e+9;
    Float64 valid_min 5.99616e+8;
  }
  eventDate {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "The date and time of observation expressed in local time using the standard ISO 8601:2004(E).";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Event Date";
    String standard_name "eventdate";
    String standard_name_url "http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 27.875317, 27.875317;
    String ancillary_variables "unknwon";
    String axis "Y";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
    String description "The position of the observation north or south of the equator in decimal degrees.";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 27.875317;
    Float64 valid_min 27.875317;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range 93.814817, 93.814817;
    String ancillary_variables "unknwon";
    String axis "X";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
    String description "The position of the observation east or west of the prime meridian in decimal degrees.";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max 93.814817;
    Float64 valid_min 93.814817;
  }
  geodeticDatum {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system used in (the terms) latitude and longitude. OBIS-USA practice is to provide all coordinates using EPSG:4326, also known as WGS 84. This element will identify the actual datum used, confirming WGS 84 or identifying what other datum applies. (https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#geodeticDatum)";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "geodetic Datum";
    String standard_name "geodetic_datum";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  eventID {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "An identifier for the set of information associated with an Event. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set.";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Event Identification Number (eventDate_location_number";
    String standard_name "event_identification_number";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  depth {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
    Float64 _FillValue -99999.0;
    Float64 actual_range 27.5, 27.5;
    String axis "Z";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 8000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -8000.0;
    String colorBarPalette "TopographyDepth";
    String coverage_content_type "physicalMeasurement";
    String description "The depth below the surface of the water, in meters, at which the observation was made.";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "sea water depth";
    Float64 missing_value -99999.0;
    String positive "down";
    String standard_name "depth";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/depth";
    String units "m";
    Float64 valid_max 27.5;
    Float64 valid_min 27.5;
  }
  datasetName {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "This is a long-form name for the dataset, more explanatory than the DatasetID. The DatasetName will read as a recognizable title that reflects information about the dataset.";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Dataset Name";
    String standard_name "data_set_name";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  datasetID {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "An identifier for the set of data. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to a collection or institution.";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Dataset Identification Number";
    String standard_name "data_set_id";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  type {
    String coverage_content_type "thematicClassification";
    String description "The nature or genre of the resource. For Darwin Core, recommended best practice is to use the name of the class that defines the root of the record. Examples: \"StillImage\", \"MovingImage\", \"Sound\", \"PhysicalObject\", \"Event\", \"Text\".";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Type";
    String standard_name "type";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  language {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "A language of the resource. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646]. Examples: \"en\" for English, \"es\" for Spanish.";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Language";
    String standard_name "language";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  license {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Examples: \"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode\", \"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode\".";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "License";
    String standard_name "license";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  references {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Use this term to point to related resources, such as other forms of the data, other data from the same cruise (such as physical oceanography data), and models and synthesis made from the data.";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "References";
    String standard_name "references";
    String standard_name_url "http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknow";
  }
  ownerInstitutionCode {
    String coverage_content_type "auxiliaryInformation";
    String description "An abbreviation that identifies the institution, that is considered the owner or controller of the data. NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Owner Institution Code";
    String standard_name "owner_institution_code";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  samplingEffort {
    String comment "described in 1996 CREMP Annual Report; https://ocean.floridamarine.org/FKNMS_WQPP/products/cremp/reports/1996CREMPAnnualReport.pdf";
    String coverage_content_type "auxiliaryInformation";
    String description "A reference to the method used to determine the quantification. This will be different from the method used to make the observation of biological occurrence; it will be the companion calculation method that followed the observation method. Buddy Pair Method for Data Collection";
    String ioos_category "Biology";
    String long_name "Time intervalls trained divers collect fish data, increments of 5 Minutes.";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  waterBody {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "The name of the water body in which the observation was made. For marine data, this is the ocean name. If there is a more specific named region, such as a bay or reef, or sector of the ocean (for example, northwest Pacific), add the regional name after the ocean name, separated by a semicolon.";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Water Body Name";
    String standard_name "sea_name";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  country {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "The name of the country in which the observation was made.";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Country";
    String standard_name "country";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  locality {
    String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
    String description "The locality is the most specific named place to identify the location of the observation. Many marine data rely strictly on geographic coordinates, so the locality term may be null. If a locality is used, it may be a specific location or feature name, such as \"Pier 39\" or \"Atafu Atoll\", or it may include a descriptive phrase, such as \"a tidal pool 1500 meters north of Pier 39\". Note that in marine observations, the latitude and longitude may be more precise than any named place would suggest, because the coordinates often come from navigation of GPS systems. Geographic names can be secondary locality identifiers and they can be less precise than coordinates.";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Sample Region";
    String standard_name "sample_region";
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
  crs {
    Int32 _FillValue -999;
    String epsg_code "EPSG:4326";
    String grid_mapping_name "latitude_longitude";
    Float64 inverse_flattening 298.257223563;
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "CRS";
    Float64 longitude_of_prime_meridian 0.0;
    Int32 missing_value -999;
    Float64 semi_major_axis 6378137.0;
    String standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String bibliographicCitation "Cite as: Blakeway, Raven D.; Nuttall, Marissa F.; Hickerson, Emma L.; Schmahl, G.P.; Sinclair, James (2021). 2018 Flower Garden Banks-Stetson Bank Long-Term Monitoring of the Reef Crest and Mesophotic Benthic and Fish Communities (NCEI Accession 0239376). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0239376. Accessed [date].";
    String cdm_data_type "Point";
    String comment "Variable description can also be found in: http://mmisw.org/orr/#http://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/marine_biogeography";
    String contributor_country "USA";
    String contributor_email "kelly.oconnell@noaa.gov";
    String contributor_institution "NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary";
    String contributor_name "Kelly O'Connell";
    String contributor_phone "+1-409-356-0387";
    String contributor_role "contibutor";
    String contributor_role_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, IOOS-1.2, COARDS";
    String Country "USA";
    String creator_address "4700 Avenue U, Building 216";
    String creator_city "Galveston";
    String creator_country "USA";
    String creator_email "michelle.a.johnston@noaa.gov";
    String creator_institution "NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary";
    String creator_institution_url "flowergarden@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "Michelle Johnston";
    String creator_phone "+1-409-356-0392";
    String creator_postalcode "77551";
    String creator_sector "academic";
    String creator_state "Texas";
    String creator_type "person";
    String creator_url "https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/mar22/women-in-ocean-careers/michelle-johnston.html";
    String date_created "2022-08-12T14:44:09Z";
    String date_issued "2022-08-12T14:44:09Z";
    String date_metadata_modified "2022-08-12T14:44:09Z";
    String date_modified "2022-08-12T14:44:09Z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 93.814817;
    String featureType "Point";
    String geospatial_bounds "POLYGON (26.00 -96.00, 29.00, -96.00, 29.00, -89.00, 26.00 -89.00, 26.00 -96.00)";
    String geospatial_bounds_crs "EPSG:4326";
    String geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs "EPSG:5831";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 27.875317;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 27.875317;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.0;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 93.814817;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 93.814817;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.0;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 27.5;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 27.5;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "down";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_resolution 0.0;
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    Int32 grid_mapping__FillValue -999;
    String grid_mapping_epsg_code "EPSG:4326";
    Float64 grid_mapping_inverse_flattening 298.257223563;
    Float64 grid_mapping_longitude_of_prime_meridian 0.0;
    Float64 grid_mapping_missing_value -999.0;
    String grid_mapping_name "latitude_longitude";
    Float64 grid_mapping_semi_major_axis 6378137.0;
    String grid_mapping_standard_name_url "https://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/unknown";
    String history 
"csv files were created in 2016-10-20 16:40-04:00
2024-04-27T17:34:12Z (local files)
2024-04-27T17:34:12Z https://gcoos4.geos.tamu.edu/tabledap/west_flower_garden_bank_benthic_coverage_20190111_2_OBIS_Event_v0-0.das";
    String id "West_Florwer_Garden_Banks_Benthic_Covage_Monitoring_1989-2017";
    String infoUrl "https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/ocdweb/seatrout.html";
    String institution "NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary";
    String instrument "Nikon® D7000® SLR camera with 16-mm lens camera";
    String instrument_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords Version 9.1.5";
    String keywords "1989-2017, banks, benthic, biology, body, code, collect, coral, country, covage, crs, data, data_set_id, data_set_name, dataset, datasetID, datasetName, date, datum, depth, divers, event, event_identification_number, eventdate, eventID, fish, fish sampling, florwer, flower, flower garden banks, garden, geodetic, geodetic_datum, geodeticDatum, gulf of mexico, identification, identifier, increments, institution, intervalls, language, latitude, license, locality, longitude, marine, minutes, monitoring, name, national, noaa, number, observations, owner, owner_institution_code, ownerInstitutionCode, references, region, sample, sample_region, samplingEffort, sanctuary, sea, sea_name, seawater, set, time, trained, type, water, waterBody, west";
    String keywords_vocabulary "unknwon";
    String license "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode";
    String metadata_link "https://gcoos4.tamu.edu/erddap/info/index.html?page=1&itemsPerPage=1000";
    String naming_authority "flowergarden.noaa.gov";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 27.875317;
    String platform_vocabulary "https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform";
    String processing_level "Geophysical units from raw data";
    String processor_address "3146 TAMU, Eller O&M Building";
    String processor_city "College Station";
    String processor_country "USA";
    String processor_email "mstoessel@ocean.tamu.edu";
    String processor_institution "GCOOS at Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography";
    String processor_name "Marion Stoessel";
    String processor_phone "+1-979-845-7662";
    String processor_postalcode "77843";
    String processor_role "Senior Research Associate/Data Manager";
    String processor_state "Texas";
    String processor_type "person";
    String processor_url "https://oceanography.tamu.edu/people/profiles/research-staff/stosselmarion.html";
    String product_version "v0.0";
    String program "Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Long-Term Monitoring of Fish and Benthic Communities Program";
    String publisher_address "3146 TAMU, Eller O&M Building";
    String publisher_city "College Station";
    String publisher_country "USA";
    String publisher_email "data@gcoos.org";
    String publisher_institution "Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)";
    String publisher_name "Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)";
    String publisher_phone "+1-979-845-3900";
    String publisher_postalcode "77843";
    String publisher_role "Data Manager";
    String publisher_state "Texas";
    String publisher_type "institution";
    String publisher_url "https://gcoos.org";
    String references "https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/science/eastwestmonitor.html; https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/science/stetsonmonitor.html";
    String sea_name "Gulf of Mexico";
    String source "h";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 27.875317;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v72";
    String subsetVariables "latitude, longitude, geodeticDatum, depth, datasetName, type, language, license, references, ownerInstitutionCode, samplingEffort, waterBody, country, locality, crs";
    String summary "These datasets are part of the longterm monitoring program of the water quality and benthic communities in the East Flower Garden Bank (EFGB), West Flower Garden Bank (WFGB) and Stetson Bank.";
    String time_coverage_duration "P00Y0M00DT00H00M00S";
    String time_coverage_end "2017-01-01T05:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "1989-01-01T05:00:00Z";
    String title "West Flower Garden Banks Benthic_Covage Monitoring 1989-2017 - OBIS Event";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 93.814817;
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection constraints (external link)

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 or Subset form. They make 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.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.