ERDDAP
Easier Access To Scientific Data
The Cormorant Oceanography ProjectERDDAP is a data server that gives you a simple, consistent way to download subsets of scientific datasets in common file formats and make graphs and maps.The Cormorant Oceanography Project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between physical oceanographers and seabird ecologists based at Oregon State University. The development of miniaturized biologging tags for marine birds, such as cormorants, offers a unique opportunity to sample environmental conditions along the daily foraging paths of diving seabirds. With these biologging tags, we are developing processing algorithms to estimate vertical profiles of temperature and salinity, surface currents, bathymetric soundings, sea-surface waves, and air/sea temperature contrast. To date we have 52,629 days of data, containing more than 5 million dives and over 750 million measurements. With partnerships in 20 countries we have deployed tags on 17 species, 526+ individuals. |
Start Using ERDDAP:
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| Protocol | Description |
|---|---|
| griddap datasets |
Griddap lets you use the OPeNDAP hyperslab protocol to request data subsets, graphs, and maps from gridded datasets (for example, satellite data and climate model data). griddap documentation |
| tabledap datasets |
Tabledap lets you use the OPeNDAP constraint/selection protocol to request data subsets, graphs, and maps from tabular datasets (for example, buoy data). tabledap documentation |
| "files" datasets |
ERDDAP's "files" system lets you browse a virtual file system and download source data files. WARNING! The dataset's metadata and variable names in these source files may be different than elsewhere in ERDDAP! You might prefer using the dataset's Data Access Form instead. "files" documentation |
| WMS datasets |
The Web Map Service (WMS) lets you request an image with data plotted on a map. WMS documentation |
and
ERDDAP Dataset Discovery.
Converters
In addition to serving data, ERDDAP has some handy converters:
| Acronyms | Convert a Common Oceanic/Atmospheric Acronym to/from a Full Name |
| FIPS County Codes | Convert a FIPS County Code to/from a County Name |
| Interpolate | Interpolate Values From Gridded Dataset Values |
| Keywords | Convert a CF Standard Name to/from a GCMD Science Keyword |
| Time | Convert a String Time to/from a Numeric Time |
| Units | Convert UDUNITS to/from Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) |
| Colors | Convert value to color from colorbar |
| URLs | Convert Out-of-Date URLs into Up-to-Date URLs |
| Variable Names | Convert a Common Oceanic/Atmospheric Variable Name to/from a Full Name |
Metadata
ERDDAP has an
FGDC Web Accessible Folder (WAF)
with FGDC‑STD‑001‑1998 metadata files and an
ISO 19115 Web Accessible Folder (WAF)
with ISO 19115‑2/19139 metadata files for all of the geospatial datasets in this ERDDAP.
RESTful Web Services
You can bypass ERDDAP's web pages and use ERDDAP's RESTful web services
(for example, for searching for datasets, for downloading data, for making maps)
directly from any computer program (for example, Matlab, R, or a program that you write)
and even from web pages (via HTML image tags or JavaScript).
RESTful Web Services documentation
| Status | The Status web page is a quick way to check the current status/health of this ERDDAP, including a list of datasets which failed to load. |
| Out-Of-Date Datasets | The Out-Of-Date Datasets web page displays a list of near-real-time datasets, ranked by how out-of-date they are. |
| Subscriptions | ERDDAP has an email/URL subscription system so that you can be notified immediately whenever a dataset changes (for example, whenever new data is added to a near-real-time dataset). |
| Slide Sorter | Anyone can use ERDDAP's Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs with the latest data (or other images or HTML content), each in its own, draggable slide. |
| Data Provider Form | The Data Provider Form is for people who have data and want it to be served by this ERDDAP. It collects basic information about the dataset and emails it to this ERDDAP's administrator. |
