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Weather and wave information play a significant role for modern shipping and offshore operations. The Meteomatics Weather API provides you with precise weather data for your coordinates worldwide. It gives you a fast, flexible and unified access to an extensive weather database and secures an efficient integration of weather data into your product.
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Global and regional weather model data from a variety of National Met Services and scientific institutions
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Observational data of thousands of weather stations globally
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Weather data in up to 5-minute temporal resolution and 90m horizontal resolution
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High resolution models up to 15 days in advance
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Seasonal forecasts up to 7 months in advance
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Global coverage
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Ensemble forecasts for Europe
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Worldwide historical model data and observational data from 1979 onwards
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Radar and satellite data, including forecasts, with over 280 updates daily
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Wind and solar forecasts with turbine and plant specific data
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Temporal and spatial interpolation for each coordinate worldwide
Features
The API contains the following maritime parameters (overview):
- wave height (mean/max)
- wave direction
- wave period
- direction of total swell
- direction of wind waves
- wave period 1st moment
- wave period 2nd moment
- period of total swell
- period of wind waves
- direction of first swell
- direction of second swell
- direction of third swell
- drift (speed & direction)
Technical Information
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- Response format: CSV, XML, JSON, PNG, HTML Snippets, NetCDF, GrADS
- WMS and WFS interface
- Up to 1.000.000 accesses per day
- On average 20 – 30 ms response time
- HTTPS supported - HTTP-Basic-Authentification
To make our data easily accessible we provide a wide variety of connectors for automated data downloads- ArcGIS
- C++
- Excel
- Google Maps
- Google Earth
- Google Spreadsheet
- Java
- JavaScript
- Matlab
- PHP
- Power BI
- Python
- Qlik
- QGIS
- R
- Tableau
Benefits
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- Fast and flexible access to hyperlocal weather data worldwide
- Variety of formats and connectors in different programming languages
- Provides access to all relevant marine parameters
- New parameters and indices are easily integrated on request
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Detailed and up-to-date documentation
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Meteomatics GmbH

Meteomatics GmbH
The story of Meteomatics began back in 2012 in response to a growing desire for more accurate weather forecasts. Meteomatics now employs 30 experts in three different locations – St. Gallen, Berlin and Exeter and has a growing global partner network. From these locations Meteomatics supports customers from all over the world simply delivering unique, high-resolution weather forecasts. and environmental data. The spectrum of application for these forecasts and data are as wide-ranging as the weather itself – from improved tornado forecasts in Oklahoma to the seamless integration of weather data into complex operational business applications across Europe and Asia – Meteomatics has the solution.