NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch
Satellite-derived ocean and coastal data including sea surface temperature, ocean color, chlorophyll-a, turbidity, and winds from VIIRS, MODIS, and other platforms with near-real-time and science-quality products
coastwatch.noaa.gov
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global oceans, U.S. coastal waters, Great Lakes
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
What's inside
- Ocean Color
- Sea Surface Temperature
- Chlorophyll-a
- Turbidity
- Satellite Water Quality
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: Chlorophyll-a
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Sea Surface Temperature
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
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
CoastWatch ERDDAP
Licence: US Government Work
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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