Week 1 - Overview

On Wednesday Jan. 18th, we kick off the course with a live session at 3pm EST using Google Meet.

The live session will include an introduction of the NOAA CoastWatch program, the class and the instructors, followed by a presentation on some example of applications of ocean satellite data. We'll go other the week's activities/materials and end with a Q&A.

After the session, view this week's activities listed here.

The videos cover an introduction to satellite data, data access tools and strategies.
The tutorials will guide you through using ERDDAP and viewing NetCDF files in Panoply.

 

Introductions

Assignment: Introduce yourself and describe your project on Slack - 10 min

 

Ocean Satellite Basics

Video: Satellite 101 Part 1 - 15 min

Video: Satellite 101 Part 2 - 10 min

 

Data Discovery and Access

Video: Tools and Strategies For Your Satellite Data Project  - 10 min

Video: Introduction to the ERDDAP data server - 15 min

Tutorial: ERDDAP Tutorial

Tutorial: NetCDF & Panoply 

 

Review

Assignment: Download data from ERDDAP and view it in Panoply

Quiz: Ocean Satellite Basics