Environment

Geophysical observation variables catalog from WMO OSCAR/Space

Return a filtered page of the WMO OSCAR/Space observation variables catalog. The catalog covers 237 geophysical variables such as sea surface temperature, atmospheric temperature, aerosol optical depth, soil moisture, biomass, sea ice extent, cloud top height. A subset carry the GCOS Essential Climate Variable (ECV) flag. Each variable publishes the 5-step relative capability rating criteria and the list of instruments that measure it. Attribution: WMO OSCAR/Space (World Meteorological Organization).

get/api/v1/environment/oscar-wmo/variables

Request

  • Base URL: https://sugra.ai
  • URL: https://sugra.ai/api/v1/environment/oscar-wmo/variables
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Query parameters

qstring nullable

Case-insensitive substring search across variable name.

limitinteger

Maximum number of records to return (1 to 500).

offsetinteger

Zero-indexed offset into the filtered result list.

Response

Paginated list of variable records matching the requested filters, with total and filtered counts.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "stale_since": "2026-09-08T12:00:00Z",
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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