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1.5
Data Sources for
MDL Exercises (1-3-2014; updated)
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1.6 Common Marine Data
Formats (1-9-2014; RAR, BSB, KAP, S-57 added)
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2.29 Adding
Navigation Charts to Maps in Saga: KAP, BSB, S-57 (1-10-2014; new)
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9.35 Obtaining Tide Forecasts for 7000
Global Locations:
UKMO EasyTide (1-14-2013;
new)
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1.4 Managing Your Identity and Digital
Communications in
Marine Science
(1-16-2013: 2nd draft)
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3.5 Obtaining
Secchi Disk Depths from the Worldwide Ocean Optics Database (WOOD)
(1-21-2013; new)
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2.30 Adding UCSD/Scripps/Argo Mixed Layer Depths
Climatology to Maps in Saga (1-23-2014; new)
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1.9 Sketch Maps
(Java security problem solved; 1-27-2014)
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1.7 Renamed HUMAN ENVIRONMENT section
of layers list to TECHNOSPHERE
(modification; 2-2-2014)
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2.31 Importing Satellite SST and Sea Ice
Climatologies into Marine GIS: NODC LAS (new; 2-3-2014)
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8.11 Managing Time Series Graphs from Long-Term or Classical Climatologies:
NODC LAS
(new; 2-13-2014)
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3.6 Managing Global Biological Records for One Taxon in OBIS
(new; 2-17-2014)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2.33 Managing Global Coastline, River and
Lake Vectors: GSHHG (new: 3-27-2014)
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1.12 Randomize and/or Subsample Table Data
in Excel (new; 3-28-2014)
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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))
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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)
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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)
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2.6 Adding GEBCO Depth
Contours to a Project Map in Saga (6-1-2014; cleaned up/updated)
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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)
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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)
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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)