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Dataset Title:	EMODnet Physics - Total Suspended Matter - GridSeriesObservation - Concentration of total suspended matter - NORTH SEA
Institution:	CNR (Dataset ID: TSM_NORTHSEA)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form \| Files

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Graph Type:
X Axis:
Y Axis:
Color:

Dimensions

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time (UTC)

specify just 1 value →

latitude (degrees_north)

longitude (degrees_east)

Graph Settings
Color Bar:	Continuity:	Scale:
Minimum:	Maximum:	N Sections:
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Y Axis Minimum:	Maximum:

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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 {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.0413792e+9, 1.33056e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "time coordinate";
    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 40.00262, 65.00053;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float32 valid_max 65.00053;
    Float32 valid_min 40.00262;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -20.00052, 13.05858;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float32 valid_max 13.058583;
    Float32 valid_min -20.000525;
  }
  conc_tsm_mean {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.01;
    String colorBarScale "Log";
    String long_name "Concentration of total suspended matter";
    String units "mg/l";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _CoordSysBuilder "ucar.nc2.internal.dataset.conv.CF1Convention";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 13.05858;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 65.00053;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 40.00262;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.0031439957238083255;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 13.05858;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -20.00052;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.003143994293865906;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"Mon Sep  5 09:29:32 2022: ncap2 -s time(:)={1170288000} TSM_NORTHSEA49.nc TSM_NORTHSEA49_1.nc
Mon Sep  5 09:26:27 2022: ncap2 -s time(:)={1170288000} TSM_NORTHSEA49.nc
Mon Sep  5 09:22:32 2022: ncap2 -s time(:)=[1170288000] TSM_NORTHSEA49.nc
2022-08-24T13:41:14Z (local files)
2022-08-24T13:41:14Z https://erddap.emodnet-physics.eu/erddap/griddap/TSM_NORTHSEA.nc?conc_tsm_mean%5B110:1:110%5D%5B(65.00053):1:(40.00262)%5D%5B(-20.00052):1:(13.05858)%5D
2022-09-05T07:15:15Z (local files)
2022-09-05T07:15:15Z https://erddap.emodnet-physics.eu/erddap/griddap/TSM_NORTHSEA.nc?conc_tsm_mean%5B49:1:49%5D%5B(65.00053):1:(40.00262)%5D%5B(-20.00052):1:(13.05858)%5D
2025-10-25T05:46:30Z (local files)
2025-10-25T05:46:30Z http://erddap.emodnet-physics.eu/griddap/TSM_NORTHSEA.das";
    String infoUrl "https://map.emodnet-physics.eu/";
    String institution "CNR";
    String keywords "conc_tsm_mean, concentration, data, local, matter, source, suspended, time, total";
    String license "Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa";
    String metadata_profile "beam";
    String metadata_version "0.5";
    String NCO "netCDF Operators version 4.7.5 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)";
    Int32 nco_openmp_thread_number 1;
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 65.00053;
    String product_type "BINNED-L3";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 40.00262;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String start_date "01-JAN-2003 00:00:00.000000";
    String stop_date "30-JAN-2003 00:00:00.000000";
    String summary "EMODnet Physics - Total Suspended Matter - GridSeriesObservation - Concentration of total suspended matter - NORTH SEA";
    String TileSize "64:64";
    String time_coverage_end "2012-03-01T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2003-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "EMODnet Physics - Total Suspended Matter - GridSeriesObservation - Concentration of total suspended matter - NORTH SEA";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -20.00052;
  }
}

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.