DAYMET Web Service

DAYMET

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GetValues

This function returns a string formatted as XML containing DAYMET time series data. The function takes String representing a lat/lon point in decimal degrees at a single point and returns a time series of the Variable of interest. The Longitude and Latitude arguments should locate a point within the conterminous United States. The data are provided with a daily time step.

Data before 01/01/1980 or after 12/31/2003 may not be available.

Valid Variable codes range from 1 to 7. The codes represent the following Variables:

    1 - Daily maximum temperature (deg C)
    2 - Daily minimum temperature (deg C)
    3 - Average temperature during day (deg C)
    4 - Precipitation (cm)
    5 - Vapor Pressure Deficit (Pa)
    6 - Solar Radiation (SRAD) (W m -2)
    7 - Day length (s)

Test arguments: GetValues("GEOM:POINT(-113 45)", "DAYMET:4", 1980-01-01, 1981-01-01)

Test

The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /waterOneFlow/DAYMET/Service.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: water.sdsc.edu
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.cuahsi.org/his/1.0/ws/GetValues"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetValues xmlns="http://www.cuahsi.org/his/1.0/ws/">
      <location>string</location>
      <variable>string</variable>
      <startDate>string</startDate>
      <endDate>string</endDate>
      <authToken>string</authToken>
    </GetValues>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetValuesResponse xmlns="http://www.cuahsi.org/his/1.0/ws/">
      <GetValuesResult>string</GetValuesResult>
    </GetValuesResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /waterOneFlow/DAYMET/Service.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: water.sdsc.edu
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetValues xmlns="http://www.cuahsi.org/his/1.0/ws/">
      <location>string</location>
      <variable>string</variable>
      <startDate>string</startDate>
      <endDate>string</endDate>
      <authToken>string</authToken>
    </GetValues>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetValuesResponse xmlns="http://www.cuahsi.org/his/1.0/ws/">
      <GetValuesResult>string</GetValuesResult>
    </GetValuesResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>