My Climate View is a free online tool that provides tailored climate insights for Australia's agricultural sector. The tool has been developed by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, as part of the Climate Services for Agriculture program, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund. You can learn more about the tool by visiting the About page on the My Climate View website.
CSIRO's Indra Team has developed and maintains the Indra Climate and Hazard Risk Analytics Engine, a geospatially enabled data platform that powers the insights across a collection of tools. The Indra API is the data feed that flows from the Indra platform to the My Climate View tool.
The Indra API for My Climate View provides access to location-based (point-based) climate data for Australian locations. Historical climate observations and climate projections are available for a range of general, hazard-related, and agriculture-related datasets.
Historical observations are available for all datasets dating back to 1961, with temperature and precipitation datasets extending back to 1910 and 1900, respectively. CMIP5 projection data is available for the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emissions scenarios for the 2030s, 2050s and 2070s epochs. Data is available for a variety of climate models selected to be representative of the range of seasonal temperatures and rainfall across Australia. Please refer to the User Guide for further details and our recommendations regarding best-practice use of projection data.
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* The API provides drought-related data to deliver insights into past and future drought conditions. It does not determine whether a location is in drought, or apply formal drought classifications. The Australian Government does not make drought declarations.
The API’s datasets include all of mainland Australia, Tasmania and nearshore surrounding waters. All data is returned at a 5 km2 gridded scale, which enables users to extract data for specific locations. See the User Guide for further details.
The User Guide provides information from both scientific and software engineering perspectives. It contains details about the data sources and selection methodology, data calculation methods and best practice usage recommendations. It also explains the structure of the API (endpoints and variables) and provides client code examples, as well as some examples of how the API is used in the My Climate View tool. The API testing interface (Swagger UI) is an interactive form of technical documentation that explains how external systems can connect to retrieve data.
The Indra API for My Climate View is free to use but requires an access key.
To request access, please email the Indra team indra@csiro.au and include the following information:
| Request access | → | We will send you a Data License Agreement | → | Return your signed agreement | → | We will send you your access key |
We endeavour to reply to inquiries within 3–5 business days. However, as we are a small team, response times may vary, especially around holiday periods. Thank you for your understanding.
The Indra Team is part of CSIRO's Technology Research Unit and is made up of data scientists and digital product development specialists. We partner with CSIRO climate scientists, agricultural scientists and a range of other CSIRO experts and external partners. Our mission is to demystify climate science by delivering actionable climate insights via digital products and tools. You can learn more about the Indra Climate and Hazard Risk Analytics Engine and our work by visiting the CSIRO Indra website.
For general enquiries, more information or questions, please get in touch via the email address above.