Midsummer note from MDL
Murray Brown
2.13 Creating a 0-360˚ Map System in Saga for Pacific- and Indian-Centered Analyses & Products (Revised and extended; 8-7-2015)
2.38 Obtaining Satellite Chlorophyll-a Imagery from Giovanni (New; 8-3-2015)
2.37 Global Gazetteer of Named Marine Places and Features for Marine GIS: GeoNET Names Server (New; 8-3-2015)
2.9 Global Collection of Boundaries and Named Zones Data for Marine GIS: VLIZ MarineRegions (Revised; 8-2-2015)
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WHAT'S NEW IN OCEAN DATA
Saga 2.2.0 has been released. Download from https://sourceforge.net/projects/saga-gis/files/SAGA%20-%202.2/
The World Ocean Observatory has released Volume 2 of its annual newsletter, World Ocean Journal
The PO.DAAC informs users of Aquarius data, via a NASA announcement, that the Aquarius/SAC-D mission has terminated due to sensor age-out (6-15-2015). On 7-17-2015 they announced a complete 42-product data release, for open public use without restrictions or access complications. Please take note, EU.
Kim Cimmery at Saga has published the Basic Table and Vector Support Guide (5-28-2015)