NAME
Polarsatellite - Images from satellites in polar orbit
DESCRIPTION
Returns an image captured by a satellite in polar orbit
Available
This product implements the 'available' action, meaning a URL of the following form will list the available data at any given time. Several parameters may be used to limit the result, see "Parameters".
https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/availablehttps://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available?satellite=noaa&area=nehttps://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available?satellite=noaa&channel=rgb
Parameters
satellite (mandatory)
Specify the satellite of interest (necessary as there have been others in the past and may come more in the future). Images for satellite 'noaa' have content type 'image/png'.
Values: noaa.
area (optional)
If satellite is 'noaa', you can specify the area of interest.
Values: is, ne, nm, npol, nr, ns, sf, sv
Default: ne
The uri https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available will give a list of available areas
Add area parameter to available request to limit list to only include products from this area
Example: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available?satellite=noaa&area=ne
channel (optional)
If satellite is 'noaa', you can specify the desired channel. Different areas may have different channels available.
Values: ch2, ch4, rgb
Default: rgb
The uri https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available will give a list of available channels.
Add channel parameter to available request to limit list to only include products available with this channel
Example: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available?satellite=noaa&channel=rgb
size (optional)
If satellite is 'noaa', you can specify the wanted size of image. Different areas may have different sizes available.
Note: Currently we only offer size l (large). Further sizes might be available upon request.
Values: l
Default: l
The uri https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available will give a list of available sizes
Add size parameter to available request to limit list to only include products available in this size.
Example: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available?satellite=noaa&size=l
time (optional)
The time the image was captured. If the parameter is omitted, the latest available image will be returned.
The uri https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/available will give a list of available times
Value-format: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:00Z (UTC)
Example requests
https://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/?satellite=noaa&time=2024-12-30T13:00:00Zhttps://api.met.no/weatherapi/polarsatellite/1.1/?satellite=noaa