All MDL changes and updates in 2014

[Murray Brown]

2014

• 1.5 Data Sources for MDL Exercises (1-3-2014; updated)
• 1.6 Common Marine Data Formats (1-9-2014; RAR, BSB, KAP, S-57 added)
• 2.29 Adding Navigation Charts to Maps in Saga: KAP, BSB, S-57 (1-10-2014; new)
• 9.35 Obtaining Tide Forecasts for 7000 Global Locations: UKMO EasyTide (1-14-2013; new)
• 1.4 Managing Your Identity and Digital Communications in Marine Science (1-16-2013: 2nd draft)
• 3.5 Obtaining Secchi Disk Depths from the Worldwide Ocean Optics Database (WOOD) (1-21-2013; new)
• 2.30 Adding UCSD/Scripps/Argo Mixed Layer Depths Climatology to Maps in Saga (1-23-2014; new)
• 1.9 Sketch Maps (Java security problem solved; 1-27-2014)
• 1.7 Renamed HUMAN ENVIRONMENT section of layers list to TECHNOSPHERE (modification; 2-2-2014)
• 2.31 Importing Satellite SST and Sea Ice Climatologies into Marine GIS: NODC LAS (new; 2-3-2014)
• 8.11 Managing Time Series Graphs from Long-Term or Classical Climatologies:  NODC LAS (new; 2-13-2014)
• 3.6 Managing Global Biological Records for One Taxon in OBIS (new; 2-17-2014)
• 3.7 Managing/Repatriating Local Biological Records of Multiple Taxa in OBIS (new; 2-18-2014)
• 2.14 Image Georeferencing in Saga (Saga module updated; 2-24-2014)
• 2.32 Global Wave Grids from the EU Climatology (new; 2-24-2014)
• WOD/WOA exercise group renamed Principal Global Archives of in situ Ocean Data (scope change; 2-28-2014)
• 3.8  Visualizing the Global Transmissometer Database Collection in Ocean Data View (new; 3-2-2014)
• MDL Course 302: Managing Ocean Optics Datasets (new; 3-9-2014)
• 2.33 Managing Global Coastline, River and Lake Vectors: GSHHG (new: 3-27-2014)
• 1.12 Randomize and/or Subsample Table Data in Excel  (new; 3-28-2014)

• 3.9  Managing PANGAEA Research Data, with Visualization Methods for Ocean Data View; (new; 4-1-2014)

• Special List of Exercises Related to Flight 370 (ad hoc; 4-2-2014; see below))

• 9.36 Visualization of Remotely Sensed Currents (from Winds and Sea Height) in IDV: OSCAR (new; 4-5-2014)

• XIDV file for SE Asia/Oceania forward-time currents from OSCAR for March 2014; (new; SAVE AS *.XIDV, use IDV > OPEN to visualize)

• 9.37 Managing/Repackaging Recent Analyses from the Global Network of Fixed Stations: US NDBC (new; 4-17-2014)

• Who Uses MDL? (new; 201 countries where MDL has been used; 4-22-2014)
• Listing of Docents/Instructors (new; first entry; 4-24-2014)
• HELPnet page added for user questions to the MDL community (new; 4-28-2014; includes relevant article from TOS)
• 9.38 Visualizing "From" or "Toward" Current and Wind Particle Trajectories in IDV (new; 4-30-2014)
• 2.1 Saga Preliminary Setup (updated; 5-16-2014)
• 2.4 Creating Graticules and Frames in Saga (extended; 5-18-2014)
• 2.13 Creating a 0-360˚ Map System in Saga for Pacific-Centered Analyses & Products (updated; 5-19-2014)
• 2.3 Creating a Project Map in Saga (updated; 5-27-2014)
• 2.21 Importing HDF Satellite Chlorophyll Data (Operational or Climatological) into Marine GIS: Color Web (5-28-2014; revised - uses new Saga functions)
• MDL Course 302: Managing Ocean Optics Datasets (5-29-2014; revised/updated)
• 2.5 Creating Grid Templates in Saga (6-1-2014; updated)
• 2.6 Adding GEBCO Depth Contours to a Project Map in Saga (6-1-2014; cleaned up/updated)
• 2.8 Adding Administrative Boundaries and Coastline to a Project Map in Saga (6-2-2014; cleaned up/updated)
• 9.8 Visualizing Satellite-Measured Sea Surface Height & Geostrophic Current Estimates in IDV: AVISO (6-4-2014; revised)
• 9.16 Visualizing Satellite-Measured Wind Speed & Waves in IDV:  AVISO (6-6-2014; simplified)
• 2.9 World Resource of Boundaries, Named Zones and Gazetteer Data for Marine GIS:  VLIZ MarineRegions (6-10-2014; revised/extended)
• 2.10 Adding a Text-Dominated Spreadsheet to a Project Map in Saga (6-12-2014; 2nd revision)
• 4.8 Exporting Marine Data from ODV:  Data Subsets (6-13-2014; updated)
• 2.11 Adding a Number-Dominated Spreadsheet to a Project Map in Saga (6-13-2014; revised)
• 1.6 Common Marine Data Formats (6-14-2014; GML added)
• 4.5 Creating Marine Data Surface Plots in ODV (6-16-2014; second revision)
• 4.8 Exporting Marine Data from ODV:  Data Subsets (6-17-2014; revised/updated)
• 5.1 Converting a Data Table to a Points Shape in Saga (6-17-2014; revised/updated)
• 5.2 Gridding Points Shapes in Saga (6-20-2014; revised/updated)
• 5.4 Masking Methods for Depth- or Height-Limited Grids in Saga (6-22-2014; revised/updated)
• 5.5 Creating "Standard" Grid Products with Saga (6-24-2014; revised/updated)
• 2.18 Discontinued US Navy Marine Atlas: Global Wave Grids (7-3-2014; shortened)
• 1.4 Managing Your Identity and Digital Communications in Marine Science (7-6-2014; finalized)
• 2.34 Visualizing Altimeter & SAR Global Wave Data Grids (L4) in Saga: GlobWave (7-8-2014; new)
• 4.19 Editing Quality Flags for Sample, Station and Cruise Data in ODV (7-13-2014; new)

• 4.5 Creating Marine Data Surface Plots in ODV (6-16-2014; revised)

• 4.8 Exporting Marine Data from ODV:  Data Subsets (6-17-2014; revised)

• 5.1 Converting a Data Table to a Points Shape in Saga (6-17-2014; revised)

• 5.2 Gridding Points Shapes in Saga (6-20-2014; revised/updated)

• 5.4 Masking Methods for Depth- or Height-Limited Grids in Saga (6-22-2014; revised)

• 5.5 Creating "Standard" Grid Products with Saga (6-24-2014; revised)

• 2.18 Discontinued US Navy Marine Atlas: Global Wave Grids (7-3-2014; revised)

• 1.4 Managing Your Identity and Digital Communications in Marine Science (7-6-2014; final)

• 2.34 Visualizing Altimeter & SAR Global Wave Data Grids (L4) in Saga: GlobWave (7-8-2014; new)

• 4.19 Editing Quality Flags for Sample, Station and Cruise Data in ODV (7-13-2014; new)

• 2.22 Importing "Scaled" HDF Satellite SST Climatologies into Marine GIS: Color Web (7-16-2014; revised)
• 2.16 Using Grid Statistics and Calculations for Ecological Assessments in Saga (7-17-2014; revised)

• Who Uses MDL (Visitor count added; 7-18-2014)

• 2.20 Removing "Land Stations" from a Marine Data Collection (7-20-2014; illustrated)

• 2.23 Managing NetCDF, HDF (4/5) and GRIB Rasters with Principal Software Display Programs (7-30-2014; revised/enlarged)

• 2.12 Cutting a Shape to the Project Map Extent in Saga (8-3-2014; updated)

• 2.15 Creating a New Shape in Saga from Published Coordinates (8-4-2014; updated)

• 2.26 Digitizing High-Resolution Borders and Coastlines in Google Earth (8-4-2014; updated)

• 7.5 Merging/ViewingTiled High-Resolution Relief Grids (2-D and 3-D): CGIAR 3-sec SRTM (8-4-2014; updated)

• 2.27 Reprojecting Vector Data in Saga:  UTM to WGS84 (8-5-2014; updated)

• 2.33 Managing Global Coastline, River and Lake Vectors: GSHHG (8-5-2014; updated)

• MDL Courses and Training (8-7-2014; course footnotes moved to main text)

• 6.5 Surface Current Vectors from the Global Drifter Program: ASCII Spreadsheets Option (8-12-2014; new)

• 2.18 Discontinued US Navy Marine Atlas: Global Wave Grids (8-12-2014; updated)

• 2.35 Managing & Visualizing MGD77 & XYZ Geologic Survey Data in Saga: NGDC (8-18-2014; new)

• 2.7 Adding a Sediment Thickness Grid to a Project Map in Saga (8-21-2014; updated)

• 9.40 Extracting Time Series Plots for Points in 3-D Grids with IDV: Models or Climatologies (8-24-2014; new)

• 9.39 Visualizing Mercator/PISCES Ocean Biogeochemistry Model Products in IDV (8-28-2014; new)

• 5.10 Basic Grid Operations, Calculations and Subsetting in IDV (9-4-2014; new)

• 5.11 Converting Between 0-to-360º and -180-to-180º Grids in IDV (9-5-2014; new)

• 9.25 Visualizing Satellite-Measured Primary Production in IDV: OceanWatch (9-5-2014; dropped/no data)

• 9.26 Visualizing Satellite-Measured Sea Surface Salinity in IDV: MIRAS via CoastWatch (9-6-2014; new/replacement)

• 5.17 Creating a Histogram in Excel for IDV Grids (9-9-2014; new)

• 2.19 Visualizing Climatological Grid Analyses in IDV: THREDDS (9-11-2014; updated)

• 5.12 Georeferencing in Saga (9-12-2014; dropped/too many chances for misinterpretation)

• New MDL Docents:  João Bosco and Mihael de Souza (9-22-2014)

• 5 MDL Docents, speaking English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.  Contact them directly for exercise questions or training.

• 7.6 Displaying 3-D Relief Data ("Topography") and Vector Overlays ("Maps") in IDV (10-9-2014; new)

• Funding provided for this author's travel to MDL Courses at your location (10-13-2014; new)