National Climatic Data Center Web Services
These publicly accessible web services allow users to have programmatic access to NCDC data and use custom and standard implementations such as OGC GIS Web Services (WMS, WFS, WCS) and OPeNDAP. Some services allow users to download data in a variety of formats such as CSV, XML, Shapefile, KMZ, and NetCDF.
Currently Available Services
| Title | Description | Format(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCDC CDO Web Services | Search and access datasets, stations, locations, and data as xml or json. | REST XML/JSON | Link |
| Legacy RESTful Services | Station time-series data | REST XML/CSV | Link |
| GIS Map Services | Station and network locations, metadata search, climatological GIS products | REST/OGC | Link |
| Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) | A catalogue service that conforms to the HTTP protocol binding of the OpenGIS Catalogue Service ISO Metadata Application Profile specification | REST/OGC | Link |
| Severe Weather Data Inventory | NEXRAD Storm Cell Attributes, Storm Reports | REST XML/CSV/ KMZ/Shapefile | Link |
| NOMADS THREDDS Data Server | Numerical Model Data | REST OPeNDAP/NetCDF/ XML/CSV | Link |
| General NCDC THREDDS Data Server | Satellite/Radar/Model Data | REST OPeNDAP/NetCDF/ XML/CSV | Link |
Help
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