GCOOS ERDDAP (Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing)
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System maintains multiple ERDDAP servers serving buoy and station water quality data (dissolved oxygen, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, nutrients) for the Gulf of Mexico region.
data.gcoos.org
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Regional (Gulf of Mexico)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Water Quality
- Coastal
- Buoy
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Chlorophyll
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Water Quality
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Sea-level planning
Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.
Because it has: Coastal
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Surge forecasts
Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Multiple ERDDAP servers indexed at data.gcoos.org/erddap.php
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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