Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	SoapFS \| Salinity
Institution:	CMCC (Dataset ID: SOAP_1ae7_6c7a_dd9f)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	240	1h 0m 0s (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	1901	0.002 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	2701	0.002 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

sss (sea surface salinity, PSU)

File type: (more information)

(Documentation / Bypass this form)

(Please be patient. It may take a while to get the data.)

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.7475264e+9, 1.7483868e+9;
    String axis "T";
    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 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 actual_range 39.7, 43.5;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String unit "degrees_north";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 actual_range 14.6, 20.0;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String unit "degrees_east";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  sss {
    Float64 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 37.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 32.0;
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    Float64 local_max 38.817883711810104;
    Float64 local_min 35.71838132216121;
    String long_name "sea surface salinity";
    Float64 max 38.83082496567581;
    Float64 min 34.39891439075186;
    Float64 missing_value -999.0;
    String standard_name "sea surface salinity";
    String units "PSU";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String bulletin_type "forecast";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 20.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 43.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 39.7;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.0019999999999999983;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 20.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 14.6;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.002;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-05-24T10:20:53Z (local files)
2025-05-24T10:20:53Z https://erddap.cmcc-opa.eu/erddap/griddap/SOAP_1ae7_6c7a_dd9f.das";
    String infoUrl "https://cmcc.it";
    String institution "CMCC";
    String keywords "data, local, salinity, sea, sea surface salinity, source, sss, surface";
    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 43.5;
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 39.7;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "SoapFS | Salinity";
    String time_coverage_end "2025-05-27T23:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2025-05-18T00:00:00Z";
    String title "SoapFS | Salinity";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 14.6;
  }
}

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.