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Overview of MDL Course:
Survey of Operational
Oceanographic Products
Murray Brown
MarineDataLiteracy.org
[email protected]
“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
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1. Pre-course Reading
Before you take
this course, you
must do a little
pre-course
reading
Just a few short
articles
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2. Integration of Resources
A few introductory talks by
the instructor – formats,
datasets, software
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3. Software & System Considerations
Due to complex content
and student numbers,
strict oversight of course
materials is required, to
simplify problem resolution
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4. Wind & Wave Products
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4, continued
Global & regional
wave heights,
from bestavailable models
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4, continued
Modelled or satellite-measured wind fields
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4, continued
Very rapid
access to
current wave
measurements
from satellites
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5. Satellite Data for Scalars
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5, continued
Multiple sources
of hi-res SST
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5, continued
Surface chlorophyll,
even at daily
frequency
Here coastal Liberia
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5, continued
Sea surface
salinity
products are
now
operational
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5, continued
Several
available sea
ice products
available
daily
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5, continued
Estimates of
geostrophic
currents from sea
surface height
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5, continued
Rapid response,
high-resolution
visual imagery
of selected
regions
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5, continued
Ambitious new
L4 primary
production
products based
on multiple
sensors
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6. Drifters (Argo) and Buoys (GDP)
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6, continued
Constant data
transmissions from
drifters, easily added
to data collections
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6, continued
Meso-scale feature
monitoring with
NRT buoy
trajectories
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7. Ocean Model Products
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7, continued
All principal scalars,
and current
vectors…many
levels
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8. Google Earth Visualizations
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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.
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