This is the endpoint you query to retrieve the volcanic ash forecast in a specific collection {collectionId} for a specific volcano_id {locationId}.
For example, requesting data in the ‘qva_probabilistic’ collection for volcano_id 372070 (Hekla in Iceland): https://gateway.api-management.metoffice.cloud/vaac-london-qva-gridded-data/1.0/collections/qva_probabilistic/locations/372070
For example, requesting data in the ‘qva_probabilistic’ collection for volcano_id 372070 (Hekla in Iceland): https://gateway.api-management.metoffice.cloud/vaac-london-qva-gridded-data/1.0/collections/qva_deterministic/locations/372070
A successful request for data will return a “302 Found” response code with a redirect link in the Location header of the response, which you can use to download the requested dataset. The link is valid for one hour.
The payload response is in netCDF format. When following the Redirected URL, you will get a 200 response and the requested binary netCDF data, which you can save as an .nc file in your systems.