NCSS parameters table

Parameter Name

Required

Constraints

Description / possible values

default

var

yes

Variables must be in the dataset description. Only requests on variables with same vertical levels are supported

Name of variables, separated by ',' (comma).

 

latitude

no

Must be within the data. Note the lat/lon bounding box declared in the dataset description is an approximated rectangle to the actual lat/lon boundaries so there may be valid points within the data but ouside of the declared bounding box in the dataset description. If latitude is provided longitude must be provided too

In Grid As Point requests latitude of the point

 

longitude

no

Must be within the data. Note the lat/lon bounding box declared in the dataset description is an approximated rectangle to the actual lat/lon boundaries so there may be valid points within the data but ouside of the declared bounding box in the dataset description. If longitude is provided latitude must be provided too

In Grid As Point requests longitude of the point

 

north

no

lat/lon bounding box must have north > south

Used to define a lat/lon bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: north, south, east and west

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

south

no

lat/lon bounding box must have north > south

Used to define a lat/lon bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: north, south, east and west

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

east

no

lat/lon bounding box must have east > west; if crossing 180 meridian, use east boundary > 180

Used to define a bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: north, south, east and west

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

west

no

lat/lon bounding box must have east > west; if crossing 180 meridian, use east boundary > 180

Used to define a bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: north, south, east and west

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

minx

no

projection bounding box must have minx < maxx

Used to define a projection bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: minx, miny, maxx, maxy

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

maxx

no

projection bounding box must have minx < maxx

Used to define a projection bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: minx, miny, maxx, maxy

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

miny

no

projection bounding box must have miny < maxy

Used to define a projection bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: minx, miny, maxx, maxy

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

maxy

no

projection bounding box must have miny < maxy

Used to define a projection bounding box. Bounding box must have all 4 parameters: minx, miny, maxx, maxy

If no bounding box is specified returns the whole grid

time

no

Must be a time within the dataset time range

Time as a W3C date or "present". The time slice closest to the requested time is returned

If no time or time range is provided returns the closest to the current time

time_start

no

The provided time range must intersect the dataset time range

Used to specify the starting time of a time range. Time as a W3C date or "present". Two of time_start, time_end, time_duration must be present to define a valid time range.

If no time or time range is provided returns the closest to the current time

time_end

no

The provided time range must intersect the dataset time range

Used to specify the ending time of a time range. Time as a W3C date or "present". Two of time_start, time_end, time_duration must be present to define a valid time range.

If no time or time range is provided returns the closest to the current time

time_duration

no

The provided time range must intersect the dataset time range

Used to specify the time duration of a time range. Duration as a W3C time duration. Two of time_start, time_end, time_duration must be present to define a valid time range.

If no time or time range is provided returns the closest to the current time

temporal

no

Must be equal to "all" to have effect

Shorthand to request all the available time range

If no time or time range is provided returns the closest to the current time

timeStride

no

Only for grid requests

Take only every nth time in the available series

1

horStride

no

Only for grid requests

Take only every nth point (both x and y)

1

vertCoord

no

Requested variables must have the same vertical levels otherwise ambiguous results are likely.
The specified vertical level must lie within the declared range in the dataset description if not the response will contain NaN values

 

If the requested variables have vertical levels, all the vertical levels will be returned

accept

no

Accepted values for grid request are netCDF and for grid as point requests csv, xml, netCDF

Used to specify the returned format. Supported formats are netCDF for grid requests and csv, xml and netcdf for grid as point

Grid requests netcdf, Grid as point requests csv

NCSS Use Cases and Request Strings for Grid Requests

Single Variable Requests

Note that these single variable requests can be easily extended to multivariable request by simply passing a comma separated list of variables in the var= parameter. Please note that only requests on variables with same vertical levels are supported

Basic Request:

"Give me all of the data for the variable Temperature_pressure"

Most simple request: ?var=Temperature_pressure

var

Spatial

Coordinate

Horizontal Stride

Temporal

Temporal Stride

Vertical Coordinate

Temperature_pressure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature_pressure

not set

not set



- OR -

not set

temporal=all

- OR -

time_start=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD& 
time_end=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

(Using full temporal bounds)

1

- OR -

not set

not set

* blank cells indicates parameter is not set (i.e. horStride=) or is not included in request string

Single variable request within a lat/lon bounding box:

"Give me all of the data for the variable Temperature_pressure from the Global GFS model over the state of Colorado"

Most simple request: ?var=Temperature_pressure&north=41&west=-109.05&east=-102.05&south=37

var

Spatial

Coordinate

Horizontal Stride

Temporal

Temporal Stride

Vertical Coordinate

Temperature_pressure

north=41&
west=-109.05&
east=-102.05&
south=37

not set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature_pressure

north=41&
west=-109.05&
east=-102.05&
south=37

 

1

- OR -

not set

temporal=all

- OR -

time_start=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD& 
time_end=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

(Using full temporal bounds)

1

- OR -

not set

not set

Single variable request with an even horizontal stride across the entire grid:

"Give me the variable Temperature_pressure for every 5th data point on the grid (deltax = deltay = 5), on all vertical levels (if any exist)"
Most simple request: ?var=Temperature_pressure&horStride=5

var

Spatial

Horizontal Stride

Temporal

Temporal Stride

Vertical Coordinate

Temperature_pressure

 

5 [integer > 0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature_pressure

not set

- OR -

north=90.0000&
west=0.0000&
east=-0.5000&
south=-90.0000

(Using full grid bounds)

5 [integer > 0]

temporal=all 

- OR -

time_start=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD& 
time_end=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

(Using full temporal bounds)



- OR -

not set

not set

Single variable request with an even horizontal stride inside a bounding box:

"Give me every 5th data point in (deltas = deltay = 5), on all vertical levels (if any exist), from the Global GFS model over the state of Colorado"

Most simple request: ?var=Temperature_pressure&north=41&west=-109.05&east=-102.05&south=37&horStride=5

var

Spatial

Horizontal Stride

Temporal

Temporal Stride

Vertical Coordinate

Temperature_pressure

north=41&
west=-109.05&
east=-102.05&
south=37

 5 [integer > 0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature_pressure

north=41&
west=-109.05&
east=-102.05&
south=37


5 [integer > 0]

temporal=all 

- OR -

time_start=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD& 
time_end=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

(Using full temporal bounds)



- OR -

not set

not set

Single variable request with on a particular vertical level:

"Give me all of the data for the variable Temperature_pressure at 1000 mb"

Most simple request: ?var=Temperature_pressure&vertCoord=1000

var

Spatial

Horizontal Stride

Temporal

Temporal Stride

Vertical Coordinate

Temperature_pressure

 

 

 

 

1000*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature_pressure

not set

- OR -

north=90.0000&
west=0.0000&
east=-0.5000&
south=-90.0000

(Using full grid bounds)


1

- OR -

not set

temporal=all 

- OR -

time_start=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD& 
time_end=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

(Using full temporal bounds)



- OR -

not set

vertical level (value
must be in the same units used
in the dataset)

* note that the vertical level value must be in the same units used in the dataset - in this example we assume millibars but you will need to check the dataset description to be sure.

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