Dataset Information

PrincipalInvestigator: "Ken Bruland"
DataCenter: "Center for Integrated Marine Technology"

Variables in this Dataset

vMetals: Sequence
  • time:
    • Description: "A date-time string"
    • Timezone: "GMT"
  • latitude:
    • Description: "Latitude as recorded by GPS"
    • units: "degrees_north"
  • longitude:
    • Description: "Longitude as recorded by GPS"
    • units: "degrees_east"
  • station:
    • Description: "CIMT Station ID"
  • TD_Fe:
    • Description: "Total Dissolved Iron"
    • units: "nM Fe"
  • TD_Mn:
    • Description: "Total Dissolved Manganese"
    • units: "nM Mn"
  • L0.4_Fe:
    • Description: "Particulate Iron, 0.4 micron fraction"
    • units: "nM Fe"
  • L10_Fe:
    • Description: "Particulate Iron, 10 micron fraction"
    • units: "nM Fe"
  • TL_Fe:
    • Description: "Particulate Iron"
    • units: "nM Fe"
  • L0.4_Mn:
    • Description: "Particulate Manganese, 0.4 micron fraction"
    • units: "nM Mn"
  • L10_Mn:
    • Description: "Particulate Manganese, 10 micron fraction"
    • units: "nM Mn"
  • TL_Mn:
    • Description: "Particulate Manganese"
    • units: "nM Mn"
  • L0.4_Al:
    • Description: "Particulate Aluminum, 0.4 micron fraction"
    • units: "nM Al"
  • L10_Al:
    • Description: "Particulate Aluminum, 10 micron fraction"
    • units: "nM Al"
  • TL_Al:
    • Description: "Particulate Aluminum"
    • units: "nM Al"
time: String
latitude: 64 bit Real
longitude: 64 bit Real
station: String
TD_Fe: 64 bit Real
TD_Mn: 64 bit Real
L0.4_Fe: 64 bit Real
L10_Fe: 64 bit Real
TL_Fe: 64 bit Real
L0.4_Mn: 64 bit Real
L10_Mn: 64 bit Real
TL_Mn: 64 bit Real
L0.4_Al: 64 bit Real
L10_Al: 64 bit Real
TL_Al: 64 bit Real

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CIMT - DODS Relational Database Server

These data are being served as part of the Center for Integrated Marine Technology's DODS-DRDS system. Data are provided "as is", with no warranty, expressed or implied, of the data quality or consistency and CIMT assumes no liability in connection with their use. For use in publication or analysis, authors should obtain written permission from the appropriate Principle Investigator, and should acknowledge CIMT as the data source. Note that other data sets associated with CIMT are available elsewhere, and that this database primarily contains information from the shipboard sampling program.

Because the DRDS is essentially a front end to a DBMS, the DDS's have a somewhat different meaning than in other DODS servers. Each DDS served by the a DRDS represents a table in the underlying DBMS. Since queries to the DBMS will return an unknown amount of data, each DDS basically must contain a representation of the tables contents defined as a DODS sequence. Because of this it rarely makes sense for a client to request the entire "dataset", as this request will return the entire contents of the table. When requesting data from a DRDS, it is best to get the dataset information (using the .info extension on the DODS URL) and then build a constrained request that just returns data that is actually desired. This doesn't mean that the entire table cannot be requested and sent, it is simply a caution that each dataset/DDS/table may in fact be very large.

Basic Help:

click the check boxes: To select data for download, you must check each box if you want those data to be included in your query. Note that you do NOT need to check a box to use that table (value) as part of a restricted search. For example, you could select for all stations equal to "T100", but not click the check-box. This would return all stations matching "T100" but would not include the station column in your output.

Regular Expressions: The typical DODS server supports the full range regular expression syntax. THIS DODS server does not. Limited string matching is available. The wild card characters '.' and '.*' may used. The '[...]' notation for matching a range of characters may be used, but only to match a single character to a range of possiblities.
Examples: 

          http://nasty.dods.url/server/dataset.dods?var1,var2&var3~=".*south.*"
          http://nasty.dods.url/server/dataset.dods?var1,var2&var3~=".south."

NOTE:

The interface is set up to return a maximum of 100 000 unique lines (records) for any given search. Since the DRDS is essentially accessing a potentially unlimited database, your query may not return all possible data (if, for example, you request an entire table). If you think you are missing data or have an incomplete search, try running multiple, constrained searches.

Have fun!