Data source

NOAA NESDIS CoastWatch

NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch · source identity, access, license, and current Pelagio Defense usage.

What it provides
sea surface temperature, ocean color, chlorophyll, satellite imagery, wind, sea ice
Coverage
Global and regional ocean satellite products
Time coverage
Dataset-dependent
Typical latency
Hours to days
Access
ERDDAP, OPENDAP, NETCDF, WMS · no account required
License
U.S. Government public data; dataset metadata controls · attribution: NOAA CoastWatch
Pelagio Defense status
active · production default
Registry verified
2026-08-31
Checked facts
Active point adapters use discovered NOAA blended SST and VIIRS DINEOF chlorophyll dataset IDs · Gap-filled chlorophyll remains explicitly labeled · allDatasets exposes per-dataset license metadata