Web Coverage Service (WCS)

Standards

Endpoint URL

https://gpwmap.jaxa.jp

example

https://gpwmap.jaxa.jp/wcs?version=2.0.1&request=GetCoverage&service=WCS&CoverageID=GCOM-C:LST250m_LST_Day&format=GeoTIFF&subset=Long(139.995810169204,140.17316041482138)&subset=Lat(35.94733819759978,36.23676702697679)&subset=time("2024-04-02T01:33:00Z")

Layers

G-Portal

G-Portal Dataset	Layer
GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Land surface temperature	GCOM-C:LST250m_LST_Day GCOM-C:LST250m_QA_flag_Day GCOM-C:LST250m_LST_Night GCOM-C:LST250m_QA_flag_Night
GCOM-C/SGLI L2 In-water properties (Chl-a TSM CDOM) (250m)	GCOM-C:IWPR250m_CHLA GCOM-C:IWPR250m_CDOM GCOM-C:IWPR250m_QA_flag GCOM-C:IWPR250m_TSM
GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Sea surface temperature (250m)	GCOM-C:SST250m_SST_Day GCOM-C:SST250m_Cloud_probability_Day GCOM-C:SST250m_QA_flag_Day GCOM-C:SST250m_SST_Night GCOM-C:SST250m_Cloud_probability_Night GCOM-C:SST250m_QA_flag_Night
GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Sea surface temperature (1km)	GCOM-C:SST1k_SST_Day GCOM-C:SST1k_Cloud_probability_Day GCOM-C:SST1k_QA_flag_Day GCOM-C:SST1k_SST_Night GCOM-C:SST1k_Cloud_probability_Night GCOM-C:SST1k_QA_flag_Night

eodashboard

dataset	Layer
JASMES Activity of Vegetation (NDVI)	EODASH:NDVI-GCOMC-World-Monthly
JASMES Activity of Vegetation (NDVI)	EODASH:NDVI-Anomaly-GCOMC-World-Monthly
	EODASH:ONPP-GCOMC-World-Monthly
	EODASH:PRC-GSMaP-World-Monthly
	EODASH:PRC-Anomaly-GSMaP-World-Monthly
JASMES for sea ice	EODASH:SIC_N EODASH:SIC_S
	EODASH:SMC-GCOMW-World-Monthly
	EODASH:SMC-Anomaly-GCOMW-World-Monthly
	EODASH:XCO2-GOSAT-Cairo
	EODASH:NO2-TROPOMI-Cairo-Daily
	EODASH:ODIAC-Cairo-Monthly
	EODASH:SIF-TROPOMI-Cairo-Monthly

Request

GetCapabilities
- Retrieves the service specification. Used first to discover which coverages are available.
GetCoverage
- Most frequently used. Retrieves a coverage data.

GetCapabilities (ver=1.0.0)

parameter	necesary	description	value
service	required	fixed	WCS
request	required	fixed	GetCapabilities
version	optional	fixed	1.0.0
SECTION	optional	section_name	(*1)

(*1)

Note

(XPATH) /wcs:WCS_Capabilities/wcs:Service -> (SECTION) /WCS_Capabilities/Service

(XPATH) /wcs:WCS_Capabilities/wcs:Capability -> (SECTION) /WCS_Capabilities/Capability

(XPATH) wcs:ContentMetadata -> (SECTION) /WCS_Capabilities/ContentMetadata

example

https://gpwmap.jaxa.jp/ows?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities&SECTION=/WCS_Capabilities/Service

GetCapabilities (ver=2.0.1)

parameter	necesary	description	value
service	required	fixed	WCS
request	required	fixed	GetCapabilities
Acceptversion	optional	fixed	2.0.1 or (blank)

example

https://gpwmap.jaxa.jp/ows?service=WCS&request=GetCapabilities&Acceptversion=2.0.1

GetCoverage (ver=1.0.0)

parameter	necesary	description	value
service	required	fixed	WCS
version	required	fixed	1.0.0
request	required	fixed	GetCoverage
coverage	required	Layer	see Layers
crs	required
response_crs	optional
bbox	required (*2)
time	required (*2)
width	required (*2)
height	required (*2)
depth	required (*2)
resx	required (*2)
resy	required (*2)
resz	required (*2)
interpolation	optional
format	required		GeoTIFF
Exceptions	optional

(*2)

Note

"bbox" or "time" is required.

"width, height, (depth)" or "resx, resy, (resz)" is required.
depth and resz is optional in both case.

example

https://gpwmap.jaxa.jp/ows?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCoverage&coverage=GCOM-C:IWPR250m_CDOM&crs=EPSG:4326&bbox=120,15.5,160,50&width=400&height=400&format=GeoTIFF&time=2021-11-18T01:38:53.000Z

GetCoverage (ver=2.0.1)

parameter	necesary	description	value
service	required	fixed	WCS
version	required	fixed	2.0.1
request	required	fixed	GetCoverage
coverageId	required	Layer	see Layers
format	optional		GeoTIFF
subset=Long	required
subset=Lat	required
subset=time	required

example

https://gpwmap.jaxa.jp/ows?version=2.0.1&request=GetCoverage&service=WCS&CoverageID=GCOM-C:LST250m_LST_Day&format=GeoTIFF&subset=Long(139.995810169204,140.17316041482138)&subset=Lat(35.94733819759978,36.23676702697679)&subset=time("2024-04-02T01:33:00Z")