Servers offering access to Met Ocean products (=> ReSorted by type of data)

Provider Type ServiceSorted ascending Contact Capabilities Comment
Australian Bureau of Meteorology         requires user registration
KNMI       Catalog see the Services entry on web site
UK Met Office         requires user registration
NOAA NGDC ArcIMS 9.3.0     Catalog see service catalog
NOAA NWS         See below for more
        GFS data Global model data from NOAA/NCEP
        GEFS data Global ensemble model data (derived products) from NOAA/NCEP
        Wave Watch III data Global World Wave Watch III model data from NOAA/NCEP
Meteorological Service of Canada MapServer, pycsw CSW/WMS/WFS Tom Kralidis CSW, WMS, WFS, WPS World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC)
IBL Software Engineering Visual Weather 5 EDR candidate standard MichalWeis NWP GFS Model and Observations collections Environmental Data Retrieval interface for live datafeed ingluding GFS Model, Ensemble GFS, SYNOP, METAR and TEMP observations
  ADAGUC server WCS 1.0.0 Main.ErnstDeVreede Harmonie data KNMI Harmonie data, WCS 1.0.0
ECMWF - EarthServer2 project Rasdaman 9.3 WCS 2.0.1 & WCPS Stephan Siemen http://earthserver.ecmwf.int/rasdaman/ows?service=WCS&version=2.0.11&request=GetCapabilities Open test service. For more details see http://earthserver.ecmwf.int.
  Visual Weather 5 WCS 2.1.0 & 1.0 MichalWeis NWP GFS + GFS EPS with WCS 2.1 MetOcean Extension WCS MetOcean extension implementation as initial reference for Draft specifications Pete T.
HR Wallingford Geoserver WFS / WMS 1.1.0 QuillonHarpham HR Wallingford Production WFS ECOOP Database: Point Timeseries Data from Buoys in European Waters
Finnish Meteorological Institute Smartmet Server WFS 2.0 MikkoVisa WFS free, requires user registration
  ADAGUC server WMS 1.1.1 ErnstDeVreede OMI TDC SO2 OMI daily total sulfur dioxide, near real-time, TIME dimension
  Mapserver WMS 1.1.1 ErnstDeVreede OMI TDC NO2 Global Monthly level 3 Tropospheric NO2
  ADAGUC server WMS 1.1.1 ErnstDeVreede Precipitation Radar KNMI Precip. Radar, 5 min. interval, real-time, TIME dimension
  ADAGUC server WMS 1.1.1 ErnstDeVreede HIRLAM data KNMI HIRLAM data, TIME dimension
  ADAGUC server WMS 1.1.1 ErnstDeVreede METEOSAT data KNMI Meteosat data DEMO, TIME dimension
  ADAGUC server WMS 1.1.1 ErnstDeVreede MSGCPP SAF data KNMI MSGCPP data DEMO, TIME dimension
Norwegian Meteorological Institute MapServer 4.10.0 WMS 1.1.1   Catalog
ECMWF Part of ecCharts service WMS 1.1.1 & 1.3 Stephan Siemen http://apps.ecmwf.int/wms/?token=public&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.1 Only very limited public content. For more content a user registration is required.
Finnish Meteorological Institute GeoServer, version 2.7.1 WMS 1.1.1 & 1.3.0 MikkoVisa WMS free, requires user registration
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Geoserver, version 2.8.x WMS 1.1.1 & 1.3.0 JuergenSeib DWD WMS Server requires user registration for full access, free access to a limited list of layers, provides all types of meteorological data, e.g. observations, forecasts, radar, satellite
University of Wisconsin Mapserver 5.6.3 WMS 1.1.1 & 1.3.0 RussellDengel Catalog see catalog
  ADAGUC server WMS 1.3.0 ErnstDeVreede Harmonie data

KNMI Harmonie data conforming to Met Ocean DWG WMS 1.3.0 Best Practice. Actual data

Météo-France GeoServices Platform WMS 1.3.0 FredericGuillaud  

Meteo-France global numerical model (ARPEGE) data conforming to Met Ocean DWG WMS 1.3.0 Best Practice. Apply for access with frederic.guillaud AT meteo.fr

requires user registration and API Key

  ArcGIS 10 WMS 1.3.0 JohnSchattel Radar_Warnings Layers: Radar and Watches/Warnings
Works with: uDig 1.1 and Gaia 3.2.1
  ArcGIS 10 WMS 1.3.0 JohnSchattel Flood_Outlook Layers: wxdata.sde.fop
Works with: uDig 1.1 and Gaia 3.2.1
  ArcGIS 10 WMS 1.3.0 JohnSchattel Convective_Outlook Layers: Day1Category
Works with: uDig 1.1 and Gaia 3.2.1
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK ncWMS WMS 1.3.0 & 1.1.1   Catalog and Catalog email for current URLs
University of Reading (UK) ncWMS WMS 1.3.0 & 1.1.1 JonBlower Catalog  
UCAR Unidata THREDDS WMS 1.3.0 & 1.1.1 EthanDavis   This server provides WMS endpoints for a large number of datasets. See below for some sample datasets. For other datasets, see the servers main catalog ( HTML or XML).
TU Dresden modified Thredds / ncWMS WMS 1.3.0 & 1.1.1 Matthias Mueller Catalog WMS with downscaled climate projections (derived from WCRP CMIP3 multi-model dataset).
Meteo Galicia THREDDS with WMS WMS 1.3.0 and 1.1.1     Each dataset has its own WMS endpoint
  Visual Weather 5 WMS 1.3.0 MetOcean BP & 1.1.1 & 1.1.0 MichalWeis

WRF Model

NWS GFS Model

NWS Wave Model

Example layer with Regional WRF model (GRIB1)

Example layers with NWS GFS Model (GRIB2)

Example layers with NWS Wave Model (GRIB2)

(additional parameters or graphic styles can be added based on a request)

  Visual Weather 5 WMS 1.3.0 MetOcean BP& 1.1.1 & 1.1.0 MichalWeis Observations and remotely sensed data METAR, SYNOP, BUOY, TEMP observations, remote sensing imagery data
  Visual Weather 5 WMS 1.3.0 MetOcean BP& 1.1.1 & 1.1.0 MichalWeis Forecasts SIGWX (Significant Weather) Aviation Forecasts, pressure surface analysis, aviation SIGMET, TAF forecast layer and advisory graphics layers.
  Visual Weather 5 WMS 1.3.0 MetOcean BP& 1.1.1 & 1.1.0 MichalWeis Various data types Example set of layers and WMS dimensions conforming to Met Ocean DWG WMS 1.3.0 Best Practice (MetOceanWMSBPOnGoingDrafts)
Meteorological Service of Canada custom WMS, KML Alexandre Leroux / Tom Kralidis MSC GeoMet MSC GeoMet serves layers for tens of NWP model forecasted variables, North-American weather radar mosaic, and more
Meteorological Service of Canada MapServer, Python WMS, WFS, WCS Tom Kralidis / Alexandre Leroux MSC GeoMet Beta The MSC GeoMet beta server provides a demo OWS capability to test features and enhancements with the greater meteorological data services community. The production MSC GeoMet (above) represents stable data features and service provisioning.

WMS Clients

KNMI - ADAGUC Viewer

Original List

Australian Bureau of Meteorology : Requires users registration | More infos |

DWD : | More infos | ECMWF : Requires users registration More infos

Environment Canada : More infos IBL Software Engineering : More infos KNMI : More infos Met Office : Requires users registration More infos

Meteo-France : Requires users registration More infos

MeteoGalicia? , Galicia, Spain : More infos NOAA NGDC More infos NOAA NWS More infos

Norwegian Meteorological Institute , Research & Development Department, : More infos Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK More infos University of Reading, UK : More infos University of Wisconsin - Madison SSEC,US -- MarieFrancoiseVoidrotMartinez - 21 Nov 2010
Topic revision: r52 - 19 Oct 2020, MichalWeis
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