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Dataset Title:	EMODnet Physics - Sea Level monthly mean, Global Oceans. This product is based, uses and reprocess the CMEMS product id. SEALEVEL_GLO_PHY_CLIMATE_L4_REP_ OBSERVATIONS_008_057
Institution:	CMCC - EMODnet Physics (Dataset ID: EMODNET_SEA_LEVEL_MONTHLY_MEAN)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	12	30 days 10h 54m 33s (uneven)

latitude (degrees_north)	720	0.25 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	1440	0.25 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

sla (Sea level anomaly, m)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.5791328e+9, 1.6080768e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -89.875, 89.875;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -179.875, 179.875;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
  }
  sla {
    Float64 _FillValue -214748.3647;
    String ancillary_variables "err_sla";
    String cell_methods "time: mean";
    String comment "The sea level anomaly is the sea surface height above mean sea surface; it is referenced to the [1993, 2012] period; see the product user manual for details";
    String grid_mapping "crs";
    String long_name "Sea level anomaly";
    Float64 missing_value -214748.3647;
    String standard_name "sea_surface_height_above_sea_level";
    String units "m";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.7.4,hdf5=1.12.0,";
    String CDI "Climate Data Interface version 1.9.8 (https://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi)";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String CDO "Climate Data Operators version 1.9.8 (https://mpimet.mpg.de/cdo)";
    String comment "Sea Surface Height measured by Altimetry and derived variables";
    String contact "http://climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-user-service-desk";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "http://climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-user-service-desk";
    String creator_name "Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)";
    String creator_url "http://climate.copernicus.eu";
    String date_created "2021-07-09T08:53:57Z";
    String date_issued "2021-07-09T08:53:57Z";
    String date_modified "2021-07-09T08:53:57Z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.875;
    String frequency "mon";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 89.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -89.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-07-25T23:03:38Z (local files)
2025-07-25T23:03:38Z http://erddap.emodnet-physics.eu/erddap/griddap/EMODNET_SEA_LEVEL_MONTHLY_MEAN.das";
    String infoUrl "http://climate.copernicus.eu";
    String institution "CMCC - EMODnet Physics";
    String keywords "above, anomaly, centre, cls, cnes, collecte, data, derived, duacs, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Topography > Sea Surface Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Sea Surface Topography > Sea Surface Height, emodnet, etudes, global, gridded, height, L4, latitude, level, localisation, longitude, merged, national, ocean, oceans, product, satellites, science, sea, sea_surface_height_above_sea_level, sla, spatiales, ssalto, ssh, surface, time, topography, two";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "http://climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-user-service-desk";
    String NCO "netCDF Operators version 4.9.2 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 89.875;
    String platform "ERS-1, Topex/Poseidon,";
    String processing_level "L4";
    String product_version "vDec2021";
    String project "Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)";
    String references "http://climate.copernicus.eu";
    String software_version "7.0_DUACS_DT2021_baseline";
    String source "Altimetry measurements";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -89.875;
    String ssalto_duacs_comment "The reference mission used for the altimeter inter-calibration processing is Topex/Poseidon between 1993-01-01 and 2002-04-23, Jason-1 between 2002-04-24 and 2008-10-18, OSTM/Jason-2 between 2008-10-19 and 2016-06-25, Jason-3 since 2016-06-25.";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v55";
    String summary "SSALTO/DUACS Delayed-Time Level-4 sea surface height and derived variables measured by multi-satellite altimetry observations over Global Ocean.";
    String time_coverage_duration "P1D";
    String time_coverage_end "2020-12-16T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "P1D";
    String time_coverage_start "2020-01-16T00:00:00Z";
    String title "EMODnet Physics - Sea Level monthly mean, Global Oceans. This product is based, uses and reprocess the CMEMS product id. SEALEVEL_GLO_PHY_CLIMATE_L4_REP_OBSERVATIONS_008_057";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.875;
  }
}

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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.

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griddap request URLs must be in the form
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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)]
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