WindBorne Data API

REST API serving balloon observations, soundings, WeatherMesh point and gridded forecasts, constellation/flight metadata, tropical cyclones, and population-weighted degree-day insights. Bearer API-key auth; JSON, netCDF, Zarr, and PrepBUFR response formats.

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
name: WindBorne Data API
description: REST API serving balloon observations, soundings, WeatherMesh point and gridded forecasts,
  constellation/flight metadata, tropical cyclones, and population-weighted degree-day insights. Bearer
  API-key auth; JSON, netCDF, Zarr, and PrepBUFR response formats.
humanURL: https://api.windbornesystems.com/
baseURL: https://api.windbornesystems.com
tags:
- Weather
- Forecasting
- Observations
- Atmospheric Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.windbornesystems.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://api.windbornesystems.com/getting-started/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.windbornesystems.com/observations/version_1/overview/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/windbornesystems-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/windbornesystems-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/windbornesystems-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/windbornesystems-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/windbornesystems-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/windbornesystems-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/windbornesystems-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/windbornesystems-conformance.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/windbornesystems-well-known.yml