PANGAEA

name: PANGAEA
description: PANGAEA is a data publisher and library for earth and environmental science, providing open access to geoscientific datasets including ocean data, climate records, sediment cores, and environmental measurements from scientific expeditions worldwide.
image: https://www.pangaea.de/assets/img/pangaea-logo.png
tags:
  - Earth Science
  - Ocean Data
  - Climate Records
  - Environmental Science
  - Geoscience
  - Open Data
  - Scientific Data
url: https://www.pangaea.de/
baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/
humanURL: https://www.pangaea.de/
contact:
  - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
    email: [email protected]
apis:
  - name: PANGAEA Elasticsearch Search API
    description: Full-text and faceted search across PANGAEA's 445,000+ geoscientific datasets using Elasticsearch. Supports spatial bounding box queries, temporal filtering, topic classification, and author/campaign searches. Returns dataset metadata including DOIs, geographic coverage, temporal ranges, and data point counts.
    humanURL: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
    baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
    tags:
      - Search
      - Datasets
      - Metadata
      - Elasticsearch
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
    contact:
      - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
        email: [email protected]

  - name: PANGAEA OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting API
    description: OAI-PMH 2.0 compliant endpoint for harvesting metadata from PANGAEA's dataset repository. Supports multiple metadata formats including JSON-LD, DataCite XML, Dublin Core XML, ISO 19115/19139, and DIF/FGDC. Enables systematic harvesting of dataset records from January 2015 onward.
    humanURL: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
    baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider
    tags:
      - OAI-PMH
      - Metadata Harvesting
      - Dublin Core
      - DataCite
      - ISO 19115
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=Identify
    contact:
      - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
        email: [email protected]

  - name: PANGAEA Data Download Service - Filter by DOI
    description: REST service for retrieving tabular dataset data filtered by dataset DOI and parameter values. Supports column selection, value filtering with range queries, and multiple filter criteria with AND/OR logic. Returns tab-delimited data files.
    humanURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fdp/
    baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fdp/rest/panquery
    tags:
      - Data Download
      - Tabular Data
      - DOI
      - Filtering
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fdp/
    contact:
      - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
        email: [email protected]

  - name: PANGAEA Data Download Service - Filter by Geo Parameters
    description: REST service for retrieving geoscientific measurements filtered by geographic bounding box, temporal range, depth constraints, and PANGAEA parameter IDs. Ideal for extracting cross-dataset measurements from specific ocean regions, time periods, or depth intervals.
    humanURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fgp/
    baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fgp/rest/dwhquery
    tags:
      - Data Download
      - Geospatial
      - Bounding Box
      - Ocean Data
      - Depth Filtering
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fgp/
    contact:
      - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
        email: [email protected]

  - name: PANGAEA Bathymetry WMS
    description: OGC-compliant Web Map Service providing bathymetric (ocean depth) map layers for integration into GIS software. Hosted by AWI and based on PANGAEA bathymetry data collected from scientific expeditions.
    humanURL: https://www.pangaea.de/tools/
    baseURL: https://maps.awi.de/services/common/pangaea_bathymetry/wms
    tags:
      - WMS
      - Bathymetry
      - OGC
      - GIS
      - Ocean Depth
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.pangaea.de/tools/
    contact:
      - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
        email: [email protected]

  - name: PANGAEA Term Dictionary API
    description: Elasticsearch-backed REST API for querying PANGAEA's controlled vocabulary and term dictionary used for classifying datasets by topic, parameter, and method.
    humanURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/
    baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea-terms/term/_search
    tags:
      - Controlled Vocabulary
      - Terms
      - Dictionary
      - Classification
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://ws.pangaea.de/
    contact:
      - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
        email: [email protected]

modified: 2026-06-13
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]