profile_sonde_template.json

{
    "dimensions": {
        "altitude": 500,
        "profilenumber": 1
    },
    "variables": {
        "longitude": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "altitude"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "_FillValue": -9999,
                "units": "degrees_east",
                "long_name": "GPS longitude of observation",
                "standard_name": "longitude",
                "_CoordinateAxisType": "Lon",
                "coverage_content_type": "coordinate",
                "axis": "X"
            }
        },
        "latitude": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "altitude"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "_FillValue": -9999,
                "units": "degrees_north",
                "long_name": "GPS latitude of observation",
                "standard_name": "latitude",
                "_CoordinateAxisType": "Lat",
                "coverage_content_type": "coordinate",
                "axis": "Y"
            }
        },
        "time": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "altitude"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "_FillValue": -9999,
                "units": "days since 1950-01-01T00:00:00",
                "long_name": "Time of observation",
                "standard_name": "time",
                "_CoordinateAxisType": "Time",
                "coverage_content_type": "coordinate",
                "axis": "T"
            }
        },
        "altitude": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "altitude"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "units": "meters",
                "long_name": "GPS altitude above ground level",
                "standard_name": "altitude",
                "_CoordinateAxisType": "Z",
                "coverage_content_type": "coordinate",
                "positive": "up"
            }
        },
        "example_id": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "profilenumber"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "long_name": "Sonde ID or Serial Number",
                "standard_name": "serial_number_id",
                "coverage_content_type": "referenceInformation"
            }
        },
        "example_air_temp": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "altitude"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "_FillValue": -9999,
                "long_name": "Air Temperature",
                "standard_name": "air_temperature",
                "coordinates": "time altitude longitude latitude",
                "units": "degrees_Celsius",
                "coverage_content_type": "physicalMeasurement",
                "valid_max": 100,
                "valid_min": -273.15,
                "add_offset": 0,
                "scale_factor": 1
            }
        },
        "example_quality_flag": {
            "type": "double",
            "dimensions": [
                "altitude"
            ],
            "attributes": {
                "long_name": "Quality Flag",
                "flag_values": "-1.0, 0.0, 1.0",
                "flag_meanings": "bad questionable good",
                "standard_name": "quality_flag",
                "coverage_content_type": "qualityInformation"
            }
        }
    },
    "global_attributes": {
        "title": "",
        "summary": "",
        "keywords": "",
        "keywords_vocabulary": "CF Standard Names, GCMD Science Keywords",
        "Conventions": "CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3",
        "uuid": "",
        "history": "",
        "comment": "",
        "standard_name_vocabulary": "CF Standard Name Table v72",
        "product_version": "",
        "creator_name": "",
        "creator_email": "",
        "creator_institution": "",
        "creator_type": "",
        "institution": "",
        "project": "",
        "publisher_name": "Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA",
        "publisher_email": "podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov",
        "publisher_url": "https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov",
        "publisher_type": "Institution",
        "publisher_institution": "NASA/JPL/PODAAC",
        "geospatial_lat_min": 0,
        "geospatial_lat_max": 0,
        "geospatial_lat_resolution": "",
        "geospatial_lon_min": 0,
        "geospatial_lon_max": 0,
        "geospatial_lon_resolution": "",
        "geospatial_vertical_min": 0,
        "geospatial_vertical_max": 0,
        "geospatial_vertical_resolution": 0,
        "geospatial_vertical_units": "meters",
        "geospatial_vertical_positive": "up",
        "time_coverage_resolution": "0",
        "featureType": "profile",
        "cdm_data_type": "Station",
        "platform": "",
        "platform_vocabulary": "GCMD platform keywords",
        "instrument": "",
        "instrument_vocabulary": "GCMD instrument keywords",
        "metadata_link": "",
        "sea_name": "",
        "program": "",
        "data_type": "",
        "data_set": "",
        "version": "",
        "site_name": "",
        "site_short_name": "",
        "sonde_type": " ",
        "naming_authority": "gov.nasa",
        "license": "Issued under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
        "DOI": "",
        "contributor_name": "",
        "contributor_role": "",
        "source": "",
        "processing_level": "",
        "geospatial_lat_units": "degrees_north",
        "geospatial_lon_units": "degrees_east",
        "time_coverage_start": "YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z",
        "time_coverage_end": "YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z",
        "date_created": "YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z",
        "date_modified": "YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z",
        "date_issued": "YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z",
        "date_metadata_modified": "YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z",
        "acknowledgement": "",
        "id": "COLLECTION_SHORTNAME"
    }
}