Data Access

East Coast Node Coverage area:


Sub-Regions are also available

Other CoastWatch U.S. Regional Nodes

HTTP Rolling Archive

Sample scripts for downloading via HTTP:
• BASH script using WGET
• Python and R tutorials: download Jupyter Notebook or R Markdown

FTP Time Series Archive

• Web browser access to the FTP server is provided through this HTTPS service:
  https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/ecn/data/
• For FTP service, use a software that supports FTP and navigate to this address:
  ftp.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/ecn/data

Download By Satellite Sensor: FTP, HTTP

Download By Data Type: Data Type Info


Sea Surface Temperature	AVHRR: FTP AVHRR-VIIRS Multisensor: FTP, HTTP Geo-Polar Blended: FTP, HTTP PODAAC MUR: FTP, HTTP
Chlorophyll	OLCI (European algorithm): FTP, HTTP VIIRS (OC3V algorithm, BMW atm corr): FTP, HTTP MODIS (OC3 algorithm, NIR-SWIR atm corr): FTP
Remote Sensing Reflectance	VIIRS (Rrs 672 nm): FTP, HTTP MODIS (Rrs 667 nm): FTP
Diffuse Attenuation	OLCI (European algorithm): FTP, HTTP VIIRS (NOAA algorithm): FTP, HTTP MODIS (standard algorithm): FTP MODIS (NOAA algorithm): FTP MODIS (NOS high-res coastal/turbid algorithm): FTP
Suspended Matter	OLCI (All east coast regions): FTP, HTTP VIIRS (Chesapeake Bay only): FTP, HTTP MODIS (Chesapeake Bay only): FTP
True Color	VIIRS: FTP, HTTP


Download By Region: Region Info

East Coast

North East Coast

Gulf of Maine
Massachusetts & Rhode Island Bays

Mid-Atlantic Coast

NY-NJ Bight & Long Island Sound
Chesapeake & Delaware Bays

South East Coast

Carolina Coast
Outer Banks
Florida - Georgia Coast

ERDDAP Data Server & Visualization/Analysis Tool

More info

Gulf of Maine
Massachusetts & Rhode Island Bays
NY-NJ Bight & Long Island Sound
Chesapeake & Delaware Bays
Carolina Coast
Florida - Georgia Coast

Experimental Algal Bloom Monitor

East Coast Node filenaming convention
Sample code to download data from HTTP directory tree:
         BASH script (WGET)
         Python Jupyter Notebook or R Markdown
Latitude-Longitude file for each region

Data citation & acknowledgment: When you use our data, please reference the product citation (if available) and acknowledge "NOAA CoastWatch".