AOOS Ocean Data Explorer (Alaska Ocean Observing System)
Alaska real-time sensor map and data explorer aggregating >7,000 live sensors from 2,500+ marine and terrestrial stations, served via Axiom's sensor API and ERDDAP-style services.
aoos.org
At a glance
- Region
- USA (North America)
- Coverage
- Alaska
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Regional
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- water temperature
- salinity
- buoy sensors
- river gauges
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Sea-level planning
Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.
Because it has: salinity
- 02
Saline intrusion
Track salt moving into rivers and aquifers.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: river gauges
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Surge forecasts
Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.
- 02
Shoreline change
Detect erosion and accretion from imagery.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Axiom sensor service / ERDDAP behind portal; programmatic access
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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