Pacific Ocean climate data from the TAO buoy array — measuring winds, humidity, air temperature, and sea-surface temperature at moored buoys across the equatorial Pacific.
→ Interactive API docs (Swagger UI)
/api/elnino
All observations. Params: buoy (filter by ID), page, size (max 500).
/api/elnino/buoys
List of all buoy IDs in the dataset.
/api/elnino/stats
Min / max / mean / std for winds, humidity, and temperatures. Optionally filter by buoy.
/api/tao
All TAO observations (paginated). Params: year (2-digit, e.g. 93), month, page, size.
/api/tao/stats
Summary statistics, optionally filtered by year and/or month.
| Field | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
latitude / longitude | Buoy position | degrees |
zon_winds | Zonal (east–west) wind speed | m/s |
mer_winds | Meridional (north–south) wind speed | m/s |
humidity | Relative humidity | % |
air_temp | Air temperature | °C |
sea_surface_temp | Sea-surface temperature | °C |
/api/reload
Re-reads both data files from disk — use this after replacing or updating the data files. Returns the new row counts.