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Background

The primary objectives of the U.S. IOOS Glider Data Assembly Center (DAC) are:

1. Provide a centralized location for the collection of real-time and delayed-mode underwater glider data sets utilizing a common file format that is CF and ACDD compliant.
2. Adhere to FAIR data principles.
3. Work with partner agencies to provide a pathway for the release of relevant observations to the Global Telecommunication System

Aggregation and publication of data sets, provided by individual glider operators and data providers, is accomplished primarily via a single NOAA Environmental Research Division Data Access Program server. ERDDAP provides a rich API that allows querying and downloading of datasets by a number of computer programming languages.

This small python library, built on top of erddapy, pandas and seaborn, attempts to:

1. Simplify access to and searching for available glider datasets
2. Simplify download of time-series from the available glider datasets
3. Provide statistical summaries and displays of key metrics (# of deployments, # of glider days, # of profiles, GTS observations, etc.) to quantify the DAC's contribution to increasing data availability.

This library accomplishes these tasks through the use of a couple of classes that provide access to the DAC ERDDAP server for glider datasets and to glider GTS observations through the Observing System Monitoring Center's ERDDAP server.

You'll find a Cookbook here and the detailed API here.