Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	CalCOFI Farallon Institute Seabirds: Observations
Institution:	Farallon Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Dataset ID: CAC_FI_SBAS_obs)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset

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Variable

Optional
Constraint #1

Optional
Constraint #2

Minimum

or a List of Values

Maximum

idnum

gis_key

behavior

species

count

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  idnum {
    String description "unique ID number";
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "idnum";
  }
  gis_key {
    String ioos_category "Other";
  }
  behavior {
    String ioos_category "Other";
  }
  species {
    String ioos_category "Other";
  }
  count {
    Int32 actual_range 1, 12950;
    String ioos_category "Other";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, COARDS, NCCSV-1.2";
    String creator_email "sathompson@faralloninstitute.org";
    String creator_name "Sarah Ann Thompson";
    String data_sharing_agreement "https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/CalCOFI/app/resources/docs/Data_Sharing_Agreement_FarallonInstitute.pdf";
    String history 
"2026-04-14T03:35:58Z (local files)
2026-04-14T03:35:58Z http://erddap.caloos.org/erddap/tabledap/CAC_FI_SBAS_obs.html";
    String infoUrl "https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/CalCOFI/calcofi_fi_sbas.html";
    String institution "Farallon Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography";
    String license "please see: https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/CalCOFI/app/resources/docs/Data_Sharing_Agreement_FarallonInstitute.pdf";
    String publisher_email "wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org";
    String publisher_name "William Sydeman";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String subsetVariables "idnum,gis_key,behavior,species,count";
    String summary "Please see: https://www.faralloninstitute.org/atsea-surveys and https://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/CalCOFI/calcofi_fi_sbas.html";
    String title "CalCOFI Farallon Institute Seabirds: Observations";
  }
}

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.
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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.