Weather
Returns all observation sources available in the API, together with the groups that combine them. Each source represents a single data provider or network, such as a national weather service, a marine buoy network or aircraft observations, and includes an identifier, a name and a description. Groups merge several related sources into one dataset, such as all land-based weather stations or all marine observations, and list the sources they contain.
Use the sourceId of a source or group to request observations from the observations endpoints. Query a group to get combined data from multiple providers in one request, or query an individual source when you need data from one specific provider.
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| Property | Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
groups | array | List of observation groups that combine multiple related sources into aggregated datasets. | |
└─id | string | Unique identifier for the group, used as the sourceId in observation queries. | |
└─name | string | Human-readable name of the observation group, often including summary of included sources. | |
└─sources | array | List of source identifiers combined within this group. | |
└─supports | object | Capabilities of the group in terms of supported observation geometries or types. | |
└─area |
curl "https://api.infoplaza.com/v1/observations/sources
?api_key=$INFOPLAZA_API_KEY"{
"groups": [
{
"id": "marine",
"name": "Marine observations, multiple sources: WMO ship, Rijkswaterstaat, NDBC, WaveNet, Meetnet Vlaamse Banken, BSH, Copernicus Marine",
"sources": [
"bufr-ship",
"rws",
"ndbc",
"wavenet",
"mvb",
"bsh",
"bsh-wave",
"copernicus-marine"
],
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Combined observations at sea and along the coast, merging ships, buoys and coastal measurement networks into a single dataset covering wind, waves, water levels and sea conditions."
},
{
"id": "weather",
"name": "Weather observations, multiple sources: WMO SYNOP, KNMI, KMI, DMI, Météo-France, MeteoSwiss, GeoSphere, GMS, AgroExact",
"sources": [
"bufr-ground"
],
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Combined surface weather observations from land-based stations, merging national weather services, the global WMO SYNOP network and specialised networks such as road and agricultural weather stations into a single dataset."
}
],
"sources": [
{
"id": "agroexact",
"name": "AgroExact agricultural weather station observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Observations from AgroExact weather stations located on farms and in agricultural areas, with parameters relevant to agriculture such as leaf wetness and soil temperature."
},
{
"id": "amdar",
"name": "AMDAR (aircraft) observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": false,
"station": false
},
"description": "Automated weather observations from sensors on commercial aircraft, including temperature, wind and sometimes humidity and turbulence. Provides vertical profiles near airports during ascent and descent, and data at cruising altitude."
},
{
"id": "bsh",
"name": "BSH (Germany) marine observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Marine observations from BSH, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, collected in the German parts of the North Sea and Baltic Sea."
},
{
"id": "bsh-wave",
"name": "BSH (Germany) wave observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Wave observations from the buoy network of BSH, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, including wave height, period and direction."
},
{
"id": "wavenet",
"name": "Cefas WaveNet wave buoy observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Wave observations from the WaveNet buoy network operated by Cefas in UK waters, including wave height, period and direction."
},
{
"id": "copernicus-marine",
"name": "Copernicus Marine in-situ observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "In-situ ocean observations collected by the Copernicus Marine Service from buoys, platforms and other instruments across European and global seas."
},
{
"id": "dmi-minutely",
"name": "DMI (Denmark) 10-minute observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Near real-time observations from the weather station network of DMI, the Danish Meteorological Institute, updated every 10 minutes."
},
{
"id": "geosphere-minutely",
"name": "GeoSphere Austria 10-minute observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Near real-time observations from the automatic weather stations of GeoSphere Austria, the Austrian national meteorological and geophysical service, updated every 10 minutes."
},
{
"id": "gms-camera",
"name": "GMS road weather camera images",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Camera images from road weather stations along Dutch highways, giving a visual check of road and weather conditions such as snow, fog and wet surfaces."
},
{
"id": "gms",
"name": "GMS road weather station observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Observations from road weather stations along Dutch highways, including air and road surface temperature and road conditions. Primarily used for monitoring slippery road conditions."
},
{
"id": "kmi-minutely",
"name": "KMI/IRM (Belgium) 10-minute observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Near real-time observations from the automatic weather stations of KMI/IRM, the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, updated every 10 minutes."
},
{
"id": "kmi-daily",
"name": "KMI/IRM (Belgium) daily observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Daily aggregated values from the weather stations of KMI/IRM, the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, such as temperature extremes and precipitation totals."
},
{
"id": "knmi-minutely",
"name": "KNMI 10-minute observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Near real-time observations from the automatic weather stations of KNMI, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, updated every 10 minutes."
},
{
"id": "knmi-daily-validated",
"name": "KNMI daily validated observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Quality-controlled daily values from KNMI weather stations, such as minimum and maximum temperature, precipitation totals, sunshine duration and mean wind. Suited for climate and historical analysis."
},
{
"id": "knmi-hourly-validated",
"name": "KNMI hourly validated observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Hourly observations from KNMI weather stations that have passed quality control. Available with a delay, but more reliable than the real-time data and suited for analysis and historical use."
},
{
"id": "knmi-precip",
"name": "KNMI precipitation-station observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Daily precipitation totals from the dense KNMI network of precipitation stations across the Netherlands, offering much finer spatial coverage than the automatic weather stations alone."
},
{
"id": "mvb",
"name": "Meetnet Vlaamse Banken observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Observations from the Meetnet Vlaamse Banken monitoring network off the Belgian coast, including wind, waves, water levels and sea temperature."
},
{
"id": "meteofrance-minutely",
"name": "Météo-France 6-minute observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Near real-time observations from the automatic weather stations of Météo-France, the French national meteorological service, updated every 6 minutes."
},
{
"id": "meteoswiss-minutely",
"name": "MeteoSwiss 10-minute observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Near real-time observations from the SwissMetNet automatic weather stations operated by MeteoSwiss, updated every 10 minutes."
},
{
"id": "ndbc",
"name": "NOAA NDBC buoy observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Observations from moored buoys and coastal stations of the National Data Buoy Center of NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including wind, waves, pressure and sea temperature."
},
{
"id": "radiosonde",
"name": "Radiosonde (weather balloon) observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": false,
"station": false
},
"description": "Vertical profiles of temperature, humidity, pressure and wind measured by instruments carried aloft by weather balloons, typically launched once or twice a day from fixed stations."
},
{
"id": "rws",
"name": "Rijkswaterstaat marine observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Observations from the measurement network of Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch directorate for public works and water management, including water levels, waves and wind along the Dutch coast and on the North Sea."
},
{
"id": "bufr-ship",
"name": "WMO ship (BUFR) observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": false,
"station": false
},
"description": "Weather observations from voluntary observing ships and other vessels at sea, exchanged in BUFR format via the WMO Global Telecommunication System."
},
{
"id": "bufr-ground",
"name": "WMO SYNOP (BUFR) ground observations",
"supports": {
"area": true,
"point": true,
"station": true
},
"description": "Surface weather observations from official synoptic stations worldwide, exchanged in BUFR format via the WMO Global Telecommunication System. Typically reported every one to three hours."
}
]
}| boolean |
| Indicates if observations from this group support area-based queries. |
└─point | boolean | Indicates if observations from this group support point-based queries. |
└─station | boolean | Indicates if observations from this group include data from fixed stations. |
└─description | string | Detailed description of the observation group and the combined data it provides. |
sources | array | List of individual observation sources. Each source represents a single data provider or network, such as a meteorological service, buoy network, or aircraft observations. |
└─id | string | Unique identifier for the observation source, used as the sourceId in observation queries. |
└─name | string | Human-readable name of the observation source. |
└─supports | object | Capabilities of the source in terms of supported observation geometries or types. |
└─area | boolean | Indicates if observations from this source support area-based queries (spatial aggregates). |
└─point | boolean | Indicates if observations from this source support point-based queries (specific coordinates). |
└─station | boolean | Indicates if observations from this source are from fixed stations. |
└─description | string | Detailed description of the observation source and the type of data it provides. |