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