Global Ocean Currents NetCDF Format Description Version 3

Feature Type Description Sample File
Grid Data represented or projected on a regular grid. gocd_a0013113_west-oahu_2002-09-06-1300.nc
Point A single data point (having no implied coordinate relationship to other points). gocd_a0050195_manhattan-or_2004-06-01-0000.nc
Profile An ordered set of data points along a vertical line at a fixed horizontal position and fixed time. gocd_a0000755_00555v3_00001.nc
Time Series A series of data points at the same spatial location with monotonically increasing times. gocd_a0000841_rcm54251.nc
Time Series Profile A series of profile features at the same horizontal position with monotonically increasing times. gocd_a0060062_4381adc-a.nc
Trajectory A series of data points along a path through space with monotonically increasing times. gocd_a0155979_sp050.nc
Trajectory Profile A series of profile features located at points ordered along a trajectory. gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc