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Tabledap Query
Tabledap Query
Download a subset of tabular (in-situ) buoy data: time, location, and water temperature for the past 7 days, returned as JSON.
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Tabledap 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.
Top-level fields
title description request notes response
Example Payload
{
"title": "Tabledap data query — NDBC buoy sea surface temperature",
"description": "Download a subset of tabular (in-situ) buoy data: time, location, and water temperature for the past 7 days, returned as JSON.",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/cwwcNDBCMet.json?time,latitude,longitude,wtmp&time>=now-7days&time<=now&wtmp!=NaN&orderBy(%22time%22)"
},
"notes": [
"Variable list before constraints: time,latitude,longitude,wtmp",
"Constraint &time>=now-7days uses ERDDAP relative time expression",
"&wtmp!=NaN filters out missing values",
"&orderBy(\"time\") sorts results chronologically",
"Replace .json with .csv, .nc, .geojson, etc. to change output format"
],
"response": {
"status": 200,
"contentType": "application/json",
"body": {
"table": {
"columnNames": ["time", "latitude", "longitude", "wtmp"],
"columnTypes": ["String", "float", "float", "float"],
"columnUnits": ["UTC", "degrees_north", "degrees_east", "degree_C"],
"rows": [
["2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", 32.501, -79.099, 18.5],
["2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", 28.508, -80.185, 22.1],
["2024-01-01T01:00:00Z", 32.501, -79.099, 18.4]
]
}
}
}
}
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