Overview of MDL Course: Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products Murray Brown

1. Overview of MDL Course: Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products Murray Brown MarineDataLiteracy.org m.brown.nsb@gmail.com

2. “Operational Oceanography” • The activity of systematic and long-term routine measurements of the seas and oceans and atmosphere, and their rapid interpretation and dissemination[EUROGOOS] • Observations; transmission; quality control; “packaging”; synthesis/assimilation; modeling; novel & standard products; publication Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

3. 1.  Pre-course Reading Before you take this course, you must do a little pre-course reading Just a few short articles Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

4. 2.  Integration of Resources A few introductory talks by the instructor – formats, datasets, software Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

5. 3.  Software & System Considerations Due to complex content and student numbers, strict oversight of course materials is required, to simplify problem resolution Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

6. 4.  Wind & Wave Products Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

7. 4, continued Global & regional wave heights, from best-available models Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

8. 4, continued Modelled or satellite-measured wind fields Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

9. 4, continued Very rapid access to current wave measurements from satellites Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

10. 5.  Satellite Data for Scalars Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

11. 5, continued Multiple sources of hi-res SST Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

12. 5, continued Surface chlorophyll, even at daily frequency Here coastal Liberia Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

13. 5, continued Sea surface salinity products are now operational Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

14. 5, continued Several available sea ice products available daily Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

15. 5, continued Estimates of geostrophic currents from sea surface height Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

16. 5, continued Rapid response, high-resolution visual imagery of selected regions Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

17. 5, continued Ambitious new L4 primary production products based on multiple sensors Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

18. 6. Drifters (Argo) and Buoys (GDP) Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

19. 6, continued Constant data transmissions from drifters, easily added to data collections Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

20. 6, continued Meso-scale feature monitoring with NRT buoy trajectories Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

21. 7. Ocean Model Products Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

22. 7, continued All principal scalars, and current vectors…many levels Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

23. 8. Google Earth Visualizations Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products

24. Postscript • This may be your first experience with the wide variety of operational products. You may enter this career area in the future, or be involved in products that requires these data. • You are strongly advised to make IDX captures of your best IDV products, and keep them for future demonstrations of your skills. Survey of Operational Oceanographic Products