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Dataset Title:	Rartian River Basin Elevation Data.
Institution:	Rutgers University (Dataset ID: RARITAN_ELEVATION)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

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X Axis:
Y Axis:
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longitude (degrees_east)

latitude (degrees_north)

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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 {
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -74.56, -74.2701;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 40.4, 40.6;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  z {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 140.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -20.0;
    String colorBarPalette "Topography";
    String ioos_category "Bathymetry";
    String long_name "Elevation";
    String positive "up";
    String units "m";
  }
  mask {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 10.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment "1-water,2-land";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Land Mask";
    String standard_name "land_binary_mask";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String defaultGraphQuery "z&.draw=surface&.vars=lon,lat,z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -74.2701;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 40.6;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 40.4;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -74.2701;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -74.56;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"Created by Eli Hunter (hunter@marine.rutgers.edu),04-Nov-2019 10:03:46, write_raritan_bathymetry_netcdf
2024-04-25T17:00:59Z (local files)
2024-04-25T17:00:59Z https://tds.marine.rutgers.edu/griddap/RARITAN_ELEVATION.das";
    String infoUrl "???";
    String Institution "Rutgers University";
    String institution "Rutgers University";
    String keywords "basin, bathymetry, binary, data, elevation, identifier, land, land_binary_mask, mask, national, nos, ocean, raritan, rartian, river, service, topography";
    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 40.6;
    String Source "https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/581d215de4b08da350d5318c,https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Controlling-Depth-Reports/,https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/h05647-nos-hydrographic-survey-1934-12-31,https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/noaa-enc.html";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 40.4;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String Summary "This is a synthesized elevation dataset of the Raritan River basin,e xtending from the river mouth at Perth Amboy to the Calico Dam at Bound Brook.Multiple datasets contributed to this poduct, including a 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) with 1/3 arc-second resolution, a USACE  Raritan River Survey, Historic National Ocean Service (NOS) hydrographic survyes, and NOAA ENC navigation charts.";
    String summary "This is a synthesized elevation dataset of the Raritan River basin,e xtending from the river mouth at Perth Amboy to the Calico Dam at Bound Brook.Multiple datasets contributed to this poduct, including a 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) with 1/3 arc-second resolution, a USACE  Raritan River Survey, Historic National Ocean Service (NOS) hydrographic survyes, and NOAA ENC navigation charts.";
    String Title "Rartian River Basin Elevation Data.";
    String title "Rartian River Basin Elevation Data.";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -74.56;
  }
}

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.