The user requests data from DODS servers via URLs.
The URL is passed to httpd via a DODS client.
To request the 0.5 degree
sea surface height
from the WOCE TOPEX CDROM copied to a machine
at URI in the
NetCDF format
for the North Atlantic for
April 14, 1995, the user enters:
"http://dods.gso.uri.edu/cgi-bin/nph-nc/
WOCE2000/SeaSurfaceHeight/topex/data/
05_deg/ssh05d19950414.nc?sea_level[215:1:296][532:1:719]"
The DODS client enters the data into the user's application from the DODS
server via httpd.