To access most of the features of this OPeNDAP server, append one of the following a eight suffixes to a URL: .das, .dds, .dods, .ddx, .info, .ver or .help.
Using these suffixes, you can ask this server for:
suffix |
Description |
das |
Dataset Attribute Structure (DAS) |
dds |
Dataset Descriptor Structure (DDS |
dods |
DAP2 data object (A constrained DDS populated with data) |
ddx |
XML version of the DDS/DAS |
info |
An html document that displays the data set's attributes, types and other information. |
html |
The html data request form for the specified data set. |
ver |
The version document for the server |
help |
help information (this text) |
For example, to request the DAS object from the FNOC1 dataset at URI/GSO (a experiments dataset) you would appand `.das' to the URL: http://opendap.gso.uri.edu/cgi-bin/nph-nc/data/fnoc1.nc.das.
Note: Many OPeNDAP clients supply these extensions for you so you don't need to append them (for example when using interfaces supplied by us or software re-linked with a OPeNDAP client-library). Generally, you only need to add these if you are typing a URL directly into a WWW browser.
Note: If you would like version information for this server but don't know a specific data file or data set name, use `/version' for the filename. For example: http://opendap.gso.uri.edu/cgi-bin/nph-nc/version will return the version number for the netCDF server used in the first example.
Suggestion: If you're typing this URL into a WWW browser and would like information about the dataset, use the `.info' extension.
If you'd like to see a data values, use the `.html' extension and submit a query using the customized form.
For more information about the server look HERE.