NOAA ERDDAP

name: NOAA ERDDAP
description: NOAA Environmental Research Division Data Access Program (ERDDAP) is a free, publicly accessible REST API and
  data server that provides a simple, consistent way to search, subset, and download gridded and tabular oceanographic, meteorological,
  and climate science datasets in a wide variety of common file formats.
image: https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/crop_394x394/public/2022-03/NOAA_2022_logo.png
tags:
- oceanography
- meteorology
- climate
- environmental data
- gridded data
- tabular data
- scientific data
- government
- NOAA
- open data
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/noaa-erddap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: NOAA ERDDAP REST API
  description: RESTful web services for searching and downloading subsets of gridded (satellite, model) and tabular (buoy,
    station) oceanographic, meteorological, and climate science datasets. Supports OPeNDAP, WMS, and numerous data file formats.
  humanURL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/index.html
  baseURL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap
  tags:
  - oceanography
  - meteorology
  - climate science
  - gridded data
  - tabular data
  - OPeNDAP
  - WMS
  - NetCDF
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/rest.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/documentation.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/documentation.html
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/noaa-erddap/refs/heads/main/openapi/openapi.yaml
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/noaa-erddap/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/noaa-erddap/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/noaa-erddap/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: NOAA CoastWatch
    email: coastwatch.info@noaa.gov
    url: https://coastwatch.noaa.gov
  meta:
  - key: baseURLs
    value: 'CoastWatch West Coast: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap

      CoastWatch Central Hub: https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/erddap

      NCEI: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/erddap

      PolarWatch: https://polarwatch.noaa.gov/erddap

      CO-OPS: https://opendap.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/erddap

      PMEL OCS: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ocs/erddap

      '
  - key: authentication
    value: None required for public datasets. Optional Google account login for private datasets on supported installations.
  - key: dataFormats
    value: CSV, JSON, NetCDF (.nc), Parquet, GeoJSON, TSV, MATLAB (.mat), OPeNDAP (.asc/.dods/.das/.dds), ODV, KML, PNG, PDF,
      XHTML, NCCSV, Croissant, WAV, ISO 19115, FGDC
  - key: endpoints
    value: 'GET /index.[fileType] - Main resource listing

      GET /info/index.[fileType] - List all datasets

      GET /info/{datasetID}/index.[fileType] - Dataset metadata

      GET /search/index.[fileType]?searchFor={query} - Full text search

      GET /search/advanced.[fileType] - Advanced multi-parameter search

      GET /categorize/index.[fileType] - Available category attributes

      GET /categorize/{attribute}/index.[fileType] - Categories for attribute

      GET /categorize/{attribute}/{category}/index.[fileType] - Datasets in category

      GET /griddap/index.[fileType] - List gridded datasets

      GET /griddap/{datasetID}.[fileType]{?query} - Download gridded data subset

      GET /griddap/{datasetID}.das - Gridded dataset attribute structure

      GET /griddap/{datasetID}.dds - Gridded dataset structure descriptor

      GET /tabledap/index.[fileType] - List tabular datasets

      GET /tabledap/{datasetID}.[fileType]{?query} - Download tabular data subset

      GET /tabledap/allDatasets.[fileType] - Metadata about all datasets

      GET /wms/index.[fileType] - List WMS-accessible datasets

      GET /version - Version number

      GET /version_string - Detailed version string

      '
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/noaa-erddap-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com