AKJWOC Training Course
This workshop will be held Dec. 21, 2023
The workshop will feature presentations and tutorials from NOAA CoastWatch Links to an external site..
Workshop Objectives:
- Get familiar with the NOAA CoastWatch as a data provider of ocean satellite data
- Get familiar with various data access options and ERDDAP
- Get familiar with the CoastWatch Utilities to visualize and process satellite data
Instructions:
Pre-course Downloads:
NOAA CoastWatch
- Download and install the CoastWatch Utilities from the CoastWatch Central Operations website Links to an external site.. There are separate packages for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The command line tools in the software are more easily used if you also set the command line path (see Chapter 1 in the CoastWatch Utilities User's Guide Download CoastWatch Utilities User's Guide on how to do that). The course material is based on version 3.7.1 of the software released in July, 2022, but a more recent version can also be used.
- Download and extract (unzip) the Sample Data Files Download Sample Data Files (280 MB) that contains all the sample data for the course. Inside the ZIP file is a table of contents that describes all the data files — we'll use a subset of the data files in each unit.
Workshop Schedule:
| 15:00-16:00 JST |
Introduction to CoastWatch and satellite data products Demonstration of ERDDAP Q&A |
| 16:00-17:00 JST |
Demonstration of the CoastWatch Utilities tool Step-by-step hands-on Tutorial Q&A |
Workshop Resources
All the slides that will be presented and the tutorial are available here:
CoastWatch Learning Portal
https://umd.instructure.com/courses/1336575
Github repository for R and Python tutorials:
NOAA CoastWatch
The NOAA CoastWatch program Links to an external site.'s mission is to provide access to and promote the use of satellite data products for oceanic, freshwater, & polar applications. CoastWatch distributes ocean satellite products through a map-based viewer Links to an external site. and a set of web services (ERDDAP; THREDDS, https). Products available include Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Color (chlorophyll-a concentration, light attenuation, …), Altimetry (sea level height anomalies, geostrophic currents), Synthetic Aperture Radar, Ocean Vector Winds, Sea Ice, Sea Surface Salinity, and various types of imagery.
The CoastWatch session will include: 1. Introduction to CoastWatch and data products 2. Demonstration of the CoastWatch Utilities Links to an external site. tool 3. Step-by-step hands-on tutorial on accessing data and using the CoastWatch Utilities