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    • Distance to Nearest Coastline: 0.01-Degree Grid: Ocean

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2023

    A global data set of ocean distances from the nearest coastline. NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) generated this data set using the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) software package. Distances were computed with GMT using its intermediate-resolution coastline and then gridded globally at a spatial resolution of 0.04 degrees. Bilinear interpolation was then applied to increase the spatial resolution to 0.01 degrees. There is an uncertainty of up to 1 km in the computed distance at any given point.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date March 29, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) July 12, 2012 (creation), July 12, 2012 (issued), July 12, 2012 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ioos

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date March 29, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) July 12, 2012 (creation), July 12, 2012 (issued), July 12, 2012 (revision)
    Responsible Party NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid dist2coast_1deg_ocean
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 179.99001
    Bbox North Lat 90.0
    Bbox South Lat -89.99
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
    Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/dist2coast_1deg_ocean.png
    Harvest Object Id e0424fa9-1c48-4469-acec-bd9258de03b3
    Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
    Harvest Source Title ioos
    Licence
    Lineage 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z Downloaded GeoTIFF from NASA/GSFC and converted to NetCDF (J. Maurer).
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -89.99], [179.99001, -89.99], [179.99001, 90.0], [-180.0, 90.0], [-180.0, -89.99]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type THREDDS OPeNDAP
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z

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