Observation Instance
Get a list of Observation objects.
### Available end points:
- `/observations/` - Will list all Results in the database
- `/observations.json` - Will return all Results in json format. This can
also be achieved by using the accept header. `application/json`
- `/observations/<object_id>/` - Returns Results object with that id
### Available Methods:
- `GET`
- `HEAD`
### Available filters:
- `title`
- `uuid`
- `keywords`
- `status`
- `result_field`
- `discoveryKeywords`
- `updateFrequency`
- `nonGeographicFlag`
- `publicationState`
- `permissions`
### How to use filters:
These filters can be used like django query filters using __ for related model relationships.
- `/observations/?uuid=d594d53df2612bbd89c2e0e770b5c1a0`
- `/observations/?status=completed`
- `/observations/?results_field__dataPath__startswith=/neodc/esacci`
- `/observations/?discoveryKeywords__name=ESACCI`
- `/observations/?nonGeographicFlag=True`
Filters can be stacked to build an 'AND' relationship. E.g.
- `/observations/?publicationState__in=published,citable&nonGeographicFlag=True`
- `/observations/?publicationState__in=published,citable&discoveryKeyword__name=NDGO0003`
GET /api/v2/observations/43338/?format=api
{ "ob_id": 43338, "uuid": "6ccd55eedabf49fcbcdda3332460e67f", "title": "EOCIS: Antarctica Mass Balance, v1.0", "abstract": "This dataset contains Rates of Mass Change for the Antarctic Ice Sheet produced within the Earth Observation Climate Information Service (EOCIS) project.\r\n\r\nMass change is provided as a 5x5 km grid over the land ice for the Antarctic Ice Sheet (excluding peripheral ice caps and glaciers) and includes drainage basins (Rignot et al., 2016), delivered as NetCDF files. EOCIS land ice products are generated monthly by CPOM from the satellite radar altimetry record, ERS-1 to CryoSat-2. Future product versions for this dataset will be hosted at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM).\r\n\r\nFor future updates to this dataset, see the EOCIS CPOM page in the related documents section.", "keywords": "Ice,Sheet,Mass,Balance,Antarctica,EOCIS", "publicationState": "citable", "dataPublishedTime": "2025-08-11T14:50:19", "doiPublishedTime": "2025-08-11T15:03:33", "updateFrequency": "notPlanned", "status": "completed", "result_field": { "ob_id": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/observations/43857/?format=api", "dataPath": "/neodc/eocis/data/global_and_regional/land_ice/ice_sheet_mass_balance/antarctica", "oldDataPath": [], "storageLocation": "internal", "storageStatus": "online", "volume": 13581623018, "numberOfFiles": 328, "fileFormat": "NetCDF" }, "timePeriod": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/times/12558/?format=api", "geographicExtent": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/bboxes/4648/?format=api", "nonGeographicFlag": false, "phenomena": [ "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/18459/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/53130/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/53131/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85674/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85675/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85676/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85677/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85678/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85679/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85680/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85681/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85682/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85683/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/phenomona/85684/?format=api" ], "dataLineage": "This dataset was produced by the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling in the context of the Earth Observation Climate Information Service project.", "removedDataTime": null, "removedDataReason": "", "language": "English", "identifier_set": [ "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/13491/?format=api" ], "projects": [ "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/projects/43216/?format=api" ], "observationcollection_set": [], "responsiblepartyinfo_set": [ "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/209674/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206273/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206274/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206275/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206276/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206277/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206278/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206272/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206279/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206280/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206281/?format=api", "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/206282/?format=api" ], "procedureAcquisition": null, "procedureCompositeProcess": null, "procedureComputation": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/computations/43339/?format=api", "permissions": [ { "ob_id": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/observations/2528/?format=api", "useLimitation": null, "accessConstraints": null, "accessCategory": "public", "accessRoles": null, "label": "public: None group", "licenceURL": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "licenceClassifications": "any" } ], "discoveryKeywords": [] }