Comments on: Now *That* got my Students' Attention http://coseenow.net/mate/2009/11/18/now-that-got-my-students-attention/ Connecting students with real-time ocean science Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred http://coseenow.net/mate/2009/11/18/now-that-got-my-students-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Fred Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:51:46 +0000 http://coseenow.net/mate/?p=270#comment-15 Thanks to both Tim and Sage for linking me to the Rutgers data. There's a gold mine of stuff to play around with out there. I haven't found the perfect SST data set just yet, but I'm still looking. Perhaps I'll post some more SST + drifter images up there in the future. -Fred Thanks to both Tim and Sage for linking me to the Rutgers data. There’s a gold mine of stuff to play around with out there. I haven’t found the perfect SST data set just yet, but I’m still looking. Perhaps I’ll post some more SST + drifter images up there in the future.

-Fred

]]> By: Sage Lichtenwalner http://coseenow.net/mate/2009/11/18/now-that-got-my-students-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Sage Lichtenwalner Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:56:13 +0000 http://coseenow.net/mate/?p=270#comment-14 Hi Fred, this is quite cool, and I'm happy to hear your students thought so as well. Anyway, ask and ye shall receive... Here is one of our Google Earth real-time data links I'm sure you'll find useful. It includes SST for the full North Atlantic as collected by the Modis sensors on the Terra and Aqua satellites. http://marine.rutgers.edu/~kerfoot/gearth/kmz/sat/modis/NORTH_ATLANTIC_SST.kmz You'll notice there are actually several layers available, depending on how many days you want to composite together to reduce the impact of clouds on the coverage. The "enhanced" layers have a narrower temperature range so the eddies stand out better. This is the same file we use to help pilot the gliders. You might find some of the other kml files on the following page of interest as well. http://marine.rutgers.edu/~kerfoot/slocum/gliders.php Enjoy! Hi Fred, this is quite cool, and I’m happy to hear your students thought so as well.

Anyway, ask and ye shall receive…

Here is one of our Google Earth real-time data links I’m sure you’ll find useful. It includes SST for the full North Atlantic as collected by the Modis sensors on the Terra and Aqua satellites.
http://marine.rutgers.edu/~kerfoot/gearth/kmz/sat/modis/NORTH_ATLANTIC_SST.kmz

You’ll notice there are actually several layers available, depending on how many days you want to composite together to reduce the impact of clouds on the coverage. The “enhanced” layers have a narrower temperature range so the eddies stand out better.

This is the same file we use to help pilot the gliders. You might find some of the other kml files on the following page of interest as well.
http://marine.rutgers.edu/~kerfoot/slocum/gliders.php

Enjoy!

]]> By: Deidre Sullivan http://coseenow.net/mate/2009/11/18/now-that-got-my-students-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Deidre Sullivan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:51 +0000 http://coseenow.net/mate/?p=270#comment-13 Wow, that is a wonderful contrast showing the difference between eastern and western boundary currents. I will check with a few people on getting a current high res SST image of the Gulf Stream. Deidre Wow, that is a wonderful contrast showing the difference between eastern and western boundary currents. I will check with a few people on getting a current high res SST image of the Gulf Stream. Deidre

]]> By: Fred http://coseenow.net/mate/2009/11/18/now-that-got-my-students-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Fred Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:59:39 +0000 http://coseenow.net/mate/?p=270#comment-12 Yes Please! Yes Please!

]]> By: Tora Johnson http://coseenow.net/mate/2009/11/18/now-that-got-my-students-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Tora Johnson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:57:08 +0000 http://coseenow.net/mate/?p=270#comment-11 Fred, I've recently worked out how to bring remote sensing data into Google Earth using images exported from other software. For example, I've been using ArcGIS to symbolize and export Landsat images that I then overlay in Google Earth. The process has its issues, but you can control the resolution and color of the images, and you can use any data you can get your hands on. It only takes a few minutes, as long as you know how to set up the images properly. Maybe I should do a webinar about how to do that. Fred, I’ve recently worked out how to bring remote sensing data into Google Earth using images exported from other software. For example, I’ve been using ArcGIS to symbolize and export Landsat images that I then overlay in Google Earth. The process has its issues, but you can control the resolution and color of the images, and you can use any data you can get your hands on. It only takes a few minutes, as long as you know how to set up the images properly.

Maybe I should do a webinar about how to do that.

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