Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	Global Forecast System (GFS) model - Animation of wind
Institution:	NOAA (Dataset ID: noaa_wind_animation_10km)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Files \| Make a graph

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Variable

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Constraint #1

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Constraint #2

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or a List of Values

Maximum

url

time (UTC)

2026-04-03T00:00:00Z

2026-04-07T02:00:00Z

name (File Name)

lastModified (UTC)

2026-03-29T08:00:58Z

2026-04-03T00:00:16Z

size (bytes)

5108659.0

5508341.0

fileType

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  url {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "URL";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    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 time_precision "1970-01-01 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  name {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "File Name";
  }
  lastModified {
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Last Modified";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  size {
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Size";
    String units "bytes";
  }
  fileType {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "File Type";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "NOAA";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.noaa.gov/";
    String documentation "https://s4raise.it/dssmare/metocean_models/, https://raise-spoke3.s4raise.it/";
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2026-04-03T04:27:40Z (local files)
2026-04-03T04:27:40Z https://erddap.s4raise.it/erddap/tabledap/noaa_wind_animation_10km.html";
    String infoUrl "???";
    String inspire "Oceanographic geographical features";
    String institution "NOAA";
    String institution_country "US";
    String institution_edmo_code "1433";
    String keywords "Wind Direction (e987550e-d443-48eb-93eb-0bc47a62d4b4)";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "CC-BY 4.0";
    String maintainer "ETT S.p.A.";
    String model_realtime "true";
    String naming_authority "NOAA";
    String owner "NOAA";
    String owner_url "https://www.noaa.gov/";
    String project_code "NOAA";
    String project_name "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration";
    String project_url "https://www.noaa.gov/";
    String publisher "ETT S.p.A.";
    String references "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/weather-climate-models/global-forecast";
    String source "Global Forecast System (GFS) model";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String subsetVariables "fileType";
    String summary "Global Forecast System (GFS) model - Animation of wind";
    String title "Global Forecast System (GFS) model - Animation of wind";
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection 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 or Subset form. They make 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.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.