Download a spatial subset of gridded satellite SST data for a bounding box over the US East Coast for a specific date, returned as NetCDF.
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Griddap Query 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.
{
"title": "Griddap data query — MODIS sea surface temperature",
"description": "Download a spatial subset of gridded satellite SST data for a bounding box over the US East Coast for a specific date, returned as NetCDF.",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMBsstd1day.nc?sst[(2023-06-15T12:00:00Z)][(0.0)][(25.0):(45.0)][(-82.0):(-65.0)]"
},
"notes": [
"Dimension subscripts: [(time)][(altitude)][(lat_min):(lat_max)][(lon_min):(lon_max)]",
"Parentheses denote value-based (not index-based) subscripting",
"Replace .nc with .csv, .json, .kml, .png, etc. for different output formats",
"Always call /info/{datasetID}/index.json first to discover valid variable names and coordinate ranges",
"For stride (decimation): [(start):(stride):(stop)], e.g. [(25.0):(2):(45.0)]"
],
"response": {
"status": 200,
"contentType": "application/x-netcdf",
"description": "Binary NetCDF file containing a 2-D SST grid for the requested spatial extent and time."
}
}
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