Routines to convert GCOOS CSV files as generated from the GCOOS WAF (http://data.gcoos.org/data/waf) to a netCDF4 (Classic) in compliance to IOOS standard based on the NCEI recommendations at https://sites.google.com/a/noaa.gov/ncei-ioos-archive/cookbook?pli=1#TOC-Providing-Data-Integrity and in compliance with the NODC Profile Orthogonal specification at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/data/formats/netcdf/v1.1/profileOrthogonal.cdl
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