GET /{serviceName}/ImageServer/getImage

noaa.gov:noaa-ocean-api

Summary: Get raster data
Operation ID: getImage
Auth: none
Description

Retrieve raster data from ImageServer for specified extent

Parameters (4)

bbox (string, query, required)

Bounding box in format xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax

format (string, query, optional)

Output image format

Constraints: {'enum': ['jpgpng', 'png', 'png8', 'png24', 'jpg', 'bmp', 'gif', 'tiff', 'png32']}

serviceName (string, path, required)

ImageServer service name

size (string, query, optional, default: 400,400)

Image size in format width,height

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Basic raster image request for Gulf of Mexico curl https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/Sea-Surface-Temperature/ImageServer/getImage?bbox=-100,20,-80,40
PNG format request with custom size curl https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/Ocean-Warming/ImageServer/getImage?bbox=-160,15,-140,35&format=png&size=800,600
Pacific Ocean data with JPEG format curl https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/Sea-Ice-Extent/ImageServer/getImage?bbox=-180,50,-120,70&format=jpg&size=600,400

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:36:07.509703 404 755ms
2026-03-23 10:11:10.471835 404 1687ms
2026-03-23 09:50:05.355741 404 1006ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:11:10.471835 ef4c54f21227 841904d09cce
2026-03-23 10:36:07.509703 841904d09cce 78d13769a658