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Dataset Title:	Daily MCI fields from OLCI. This product contains Copernicus data (2024)
Institution:	USDOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML/PHOD (Dataset ID: DAILY_MCI_OLCI)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

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Graph Type:
X Axis:
Y Axis:
Color:

Dimensions

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time (UTC)

specify just 1 value →

latitude (degrees_north)

longitude (degrees_east)

Graph Settings
Color Bar:	Continuity:	Scale:
Minimum:	Maximum:	N Sections:
Draw land mask:
Y Axis Minimum:	Maximum:

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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 ERDDAPs Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs with the latest data (or other images or HTML content), each in its own, draggable slide.

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.6725744e+9, 1.7133552e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "Gregorian";
    String CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    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";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -6.061166849999992, 35.0;
    String axis "Y";
    String CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 35.0;
    Float64 valid_min -6.061166849999992;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -98.0, 10.523616849999996;
    String axis "X";
    String CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max 10.523616849999996;
    Float64 valid_min -98.0;
  }
  MCI {
    Int32 _ChunkSizes 1, 560, 500;
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.7;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.01;
    String colorBarPalette "Rainbow2";
    String coordinates "lat lon";
    String coordsys "geographic";
    String ioos_category "Biology";
    String long_name "Maximum Chlorophyll Index";
    String variable_info "Maximum Chlorophyll Index";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String comment "Maximum Chlorophyll Index from Sentinel-3A-3B OLCI. This product contains Copernicus data (2024)";
    String contact "Joaquin.Trinanes@noaa.gov";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "Joaquin.Trinanes@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "Atlantic OceanWatch at NOAA/AOML";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://cwcgom.aoml.noaa.gov/";
    String data_source "USDOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML/PHOD ATLANTIC OCEANWATCH";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 10.523616849999996;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 35.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -6.061166849999992;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.0029331499999999994;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 10.523616849999996;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -98.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.00293315;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2024-04-18T11:38:43Z https://oceanwatch.aoml.noaa.gov/erddap/
2024-04-18T11:38:43Z https://oceanwatch.aoml.noaa.gov/griddap/DAILY_MCI_OLCI.das";
    String infoUrl "https://cwcgom.aoml.noaa.gov/";
    String institution "USDOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML/PHOD";
    String keywords "aoml, atlantic, atmospheric, biology, caribbean, chlorophyll, commerce, copernicus, daily, data, gulf of mexico, mci, noaa, oar, oceanography, olci, phod, sargassum, sentinel";
    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.";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 35.0;
    String origin "USDOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML/PHOD ATLANTIC OCEANWATCH";
    String sourceUrl "https://oceanwatch.aoml.noaa.gov/erddap/";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -6.061166849999992;
    String spatial_resolution "0.00293315";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v55";
    String summary 
"MCI: Maximum Chlorophyll Index (in reflectance units*100) can be used to detect ocean surface features such as Sargassum and intense plankton blooms.
For technical or scientific questions, please contact Joaquin Trinanes (joaquin.trinanes@noaa.gov). This product contains Copernicus data (2024)";
    Float64 temporal_extent 86400.0;
    String temporal_extent_unit "seconds";
    String testOutOfDate "now-3days";
    String time_coverage_end "2024-04-17T12:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2023-01-01T12:00:00Z";
    String title "Daily MCI fields from OLCI. This product contains Copernicus data (2024)";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -98.0;
  }
}

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 (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its projection 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. 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
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
Thus, the query is often a data variable name (e.g., analysed_sst), followed by [(start):stride:(stop)] (or a shorter variation of that) for each of the variable's dimensions (for example, [time][latitude][longitude]).

For details, see the griddap Documentation.