NOAA ERDDAP · Example Payload

Advanced Search

Find all temperature-related tabular datasets within a geographic bounding box and a specific time range.

OceanographyMeteorologyClimateEnvironmental Datagridded dataTabular DataScientific DataGovernmentNOAAOpen Data

Advanced Search is an example object payload from NOAA ERDDAP, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestnotesresponse

Example Payload

{
  "title": "Advanced dataset search with spatial and temporal filters",
  "description": "Find all temperature-related tabular datasets within a geographic bounding box and a specific time range.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/search/advanced.json?searchFor=temperature&protocol=tabledap&cdm_data_type=TimeSeries&ioos_category=Temperature&minLon=-100&maxLon=-60&minLat=20&maxLat=50&minTime=2020-01-01T00:00:00Z&maxTime=2024-12-31T23:59:59Z&page=1&itemsPerPage=25"
  },
  "notes": [
    "All filter parameters default to (ANY) if omitted",
    "protocol can be: tabledap, griddap, wms, wcs, or (ANY)",
    "cdm_data_type corresponds to CF Discrete Sampling Geometry types",
    "ioos_category values include: Temperature, Salinity, Currents, Wind, Waves, etc.",
    "Spatial bounds in decimal degrees (-180 to 180 lon, -90 to 90 lat)"
  ],
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "body": {
      "table": {
        "columnNames": ["griddap", "Subset", "tabledap", "Make A Graph", "wms", "files", "Accessible", "Title", "Summary", "FGDC", "ISO 19115", "Info", "Background Info", "RSS", "Email", "Institution", "ID"],
        "columnTypes": ["String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String", "String"],
        "rows": []
      }
    }
  }
}

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