Summary tables

Attribute	Description/Format	Specification/Example
Conventions	-fixed-	CF-1.8
institution	-fixed-	Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems, Germany
title	Any text
source	Represents the source and method used to produce the original data. For data generated by models, the model name and version should be listed here.	cosmo_100614_4.14_clm2 int2lm_120824_1.20_clm1 remote sensing in-situ
creation_date	Information that pertains to the creation date of the netCDF file	2017-06-06T15:00:29Z 2017-06-06T15:00:29+02:00
originator	Creator of the data set	John Smith
contact	Person, email or URL	http://coastmod.hereon.de
crs	Coordinate reference system. WGS84 is the default	EPSG:4326
comment	A short description of the file contents; essentially an abstract.
campaign	Campaign ID (for observations)	"belawatt071"
experiment_id	Experiment ID (for models)	“cD3_011_ERAi”
carrier	Any text.	"RV Prandtl"
platform	Any text. The specified name is required for COSYNA platforms	"Scanfish01"
profileType		"DownCast"
lineage	Origin of the file can be written as any text (i.e., no formatting rules)
processingSteps	Any text; example format: "{original data}{Plausibility check using defaults}{5-point median filter}{0.1-dbar block median}"
processingSoftware	Name und version. If using several programs, names should be separated by ";"	"GALATON V0.97"
StartTime		"2007-03-13T07:35:10Z"
StopTime		"2007-03-13T07:40:28Z"
Distribution_statement	Coordinated text, Example A3
history	This should be a sort of logbook. This logbook can be an external file. According to CF conventions, it is a list of the applications that have modified the original data.
references	E.g., DOI
contact_email	Email address (Hereon)
StartLatitude	Float Relevant for transects	54.7457933333333
StopLatitude	Float Relevant for transects	54.7451966666667
StartLongitude	Float Relevant for transects	8.30397666666667
StopLongitude	Float Relevant for transects	8.30919166666667
geographicName		"hoernumtief"
station		"KormoranHoernum"
castID		"CTD001DW"
PI	Standard first and last name	"Person"
operator	Standard first and last name	"Volker Schmidt"
contributor	Standard first and last name	"Anna Mayr, Tim Schmalbach"
forcing		"COSMO CLM 5.0"
forcingResolution		"0.11 degrees"
boundaryCondition	Any text
modelNest		"CD16"
geospatial_lon_min	Data in decimal degrees (float) Longitude units = degrees east	5.3457
geospatial_lon_max	Data in decimal degrees (float) Longitude units = degrees east	10.1234
geospatial_lat_min	Data in decimal degrees (float)  Latitude units = degrees north	53.1234
geospatial_lat_max	Data in decimal degrees (float)  Latitude units = degrees north	56.1234
Bbox	alternative to geospatial_l*. Sequence: lonMin, latMin, lonMax, latMax	5.3,53.1,10.1,56.1
imo_platform_code	International Maritime Organisation platform code	"9144263"
ices_platform_code	ICES platform code	"58LY"
licence	Licence of the submitted data
institution-ID	ROR (Research Organization Registry)	ROR: 03qjp1d79
units	"string", use SI unit if possible This also applies to dimensionless units, then use given format: "1", "1e±2", "1e±3", "1e±6", ... "1e±24"	'm' '1'
standard_name	The standard_name stems from http://cfconventions.org/standard-names.html. In the case of ancillary variables, it is mandatory to use the Standard Name Modifiers (e.g., status_flag).	sea_water_salinity
long_name	Any text. If no standard_name exists, then the long_name should be constructed like a standard name.	Salinity from Seabird CTD
_FillValue	Default grid value becomes transparent in many visualisations	-32768.f Note: do not use NaN in ncWMS2 application
comment	Any text	3 out of 4 HPBL estimates agree with the given range
coordinates	Using data in projections other than WGS84; the variables lon and lat must be contained in the file	lon lat lon lat height_10m
grid_mapping	Indicates the projection used, see http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.9/cf-conventions.html#appendix-grid-mappings	rotated_pole
cell_methods	For example, in the case of non-instantaneous data, the aggregation type is to be specified. This requires the attribute time_bnds for the time variable in which the aggregation start and end times are specified.	time: mean