Earth-observation instrument catalog from WMO OSCAR/Space
Return a filtered page of the WMO OSCAR/Space instrument catalog. The catalog covers 1,234 instruments spanning optical imagers, spectrometers, radar altimeters, radar scatterometers, GNSS receivers, radiometers, solar irradiance monitors, and more, each attributed to one or more providing agencies. Filters are applied client-side against Sugra's in-process catalog cache. Pass measures_variable=<variable_slug> to list only instruments that measure a given observation variable. Attribution: WMO OSCAR/Space (World Meteorological Organization).
Query parameters
Variable slug filter - returns only instruments that measure this variable (e.g. sea_surface_temperature, aerosol_optical_depth). Derived by iterating the variables catalog.
Variable slug filter - returns only instruments that measure this variable (e.g. sea_surface_temperature, aerosol_optical_depth). Derived by iterating the variables catalog.
Case-insensitive substring search across instrument acronym and full name.
Case-insensitive substring search across instrument acronym and full name.
Maximum number of records to return (1 to 500).
Maximum number of records to return (1 to 500).
Zero-indexed offset into the filtered result list.
Zero-indexed offset into the filtered result list.
Response
Paginated list of instrument 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",
"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"
]
}
}