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EESS141 - Satellite Remote Sensing of the Oceans

- Syllabus (MS Word Document, last updated: September 27, 2012)
- Lecture/Lab Notes, Problem Sets
- Grading Breakdown:
Problem Sets and Exercises: 30%
Final Project Proposal: 10%
Final Project Presentation: 20%
Final Project Paper: 40%

- Handy Websites:
- Ocean Color
• OceanColor Web
• SeaWiFS
  • SeaWiFS Homepage
  • NASA-Authorized SeaWiFS User Registration Info
  • Full resolution Global SeaWiFS Level-3 Standard Mapped Images - Handy to quickly pinpoint your area/dates of interest before ordering 'all' available L1 or L2 datafiles
  • SeaWiFS Data Products Description (L1A, L2, L3, etc.)
  • SeaDAS - SeaWiFS Data Analysis System
• MODIS
• MODIS - Homepage
• OceanColor Web - MODIS Chla and SST data
• MODIS Rapid Response System: Near Real Time Level 2 Browse
- AVHRR
• Sensor Description (NOAA)
• PO.DAAC AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
  • Pathfinder FTP Site
  • Quick browse of AVHRR SSTs
- Miscellaneous
• EOS Data Gateway - Access to lots of different satellite data sets
• TOMS ozone data
• Passive microwave sea ice data
  • National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
  • Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentration (***)
• QuickSCAT Seawinds Data
• Julian Day Lookup Table: leap or no-leap year
• HDF file format:
  • NCSA HDF Home Page
    • Java HDF Viewer - on ocean type: jhv. (Window, Solaris, Linux, Mac Intel, Mac Power PC,...)