2025 Long Island Sound Class

March 31-April 4, 2025

Virtual - Times vary daily, see schedule below (times are Eastern).

NOAA CoastWatch is hosting this free, virtual training class:
Viewing and Analyzing Ocean/Coastal Events and Water Quality Using Satellites

Join Class Via Zoom Here

Course Description

Many satellite products are available for water quality applications and other uses from NOAA and other data providers. These include: chlorophyll, turbidity, sea surface temperature, organic matter, and more. In this course, learn how to use these satellite products for your region of interest using freely available tools. Address your needs and questions by creating maps and images, plotting a time series of varying conditions, or creating a virtual buoy for your study location. And other applications too!

This class is being offered in two Tiers as part of a larger Long Island Sound Project funded by New York/Connecticut Sea Grant.

Objectives

Tier I: Creating Images

Learn to use tools to create images and maps of ocean or coastal features in your area of interest. Tools taught: CoastWatch Data Portal, ArcGIS, ERDDAP visualization server, and more.

Tier II: Analyzing Data for Your Study or Region

Work more analytically with oceanographic satellite data. Learn R and/or Python techniques to access data on ERDDAP data servers for data extraction, map creation, time series analysis, matching data to your study site locations or ship tracks, creating a virtual buoy using satellite data in your location of choice, and other application skills.

Schedule

Day Time (ET) Topic Presenter
Monday - March 31 Tier I and Tier II
9:00 - 9:15 Presentation 1: Overview – SeaGrant-funded Satellite Project Jonathan Sherman
9:15 - 9:45 Presentation 2: Data Portal Michael Soracco
9:45 - 10:15 Presentation 3: ArcGIS Michael Soracco
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15 Presentation 4: CoastWatch Utilities - CDAT
Files		 Ron Vogel
11:15 - 11:30 Q & A
11:30 - 12:15 Participant Exercise 1: Choose a tool and make a map
ArcGIS files, CDAT files
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch break
1:15 - 1:45 Presentation 5: Choosing a Dataset Jonathan Sherman
1:45 - 2:45 Presentation 6: ERDDAP Ron Vogel
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:30 Q & A and Resources for Participants
3:30 - 4:30 Participant Exercise 2: Choose a dataset from ERDDAP, download, make a map and a time series
Sample data list
Tuesday - April 1 Tier II (April 1–4)
9:00 - 9:30 Presentation 7: Satellite 101 Shelly Tomlinson
9:30 - 10:30 Presentation 8: CoastWatch Training Code (R and Python) – Capabilities and Tutorials
Tutorials GitHub page		 Jonathan Sherman
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 Presentation 9: CoastWatch Utilities - Command Line
Files		 Ron Vogel
11:30 - 12:00 Office Hours Logistics, Mini-project & Slide Info, Q & A
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 4:00 Office Hours: One-on-One
Wednesday - April 2 Participants work on their mini-project on their own time
Thursday - April 3 9:00 - 9:15 Gauge Progress Poll Betty Staugler
9:15 - 9:30 Presentation 10: HAB Forecasts Shelly Tomlinson
9:30 - 9:45 Presentation 11: COVID Impacts Jonathan Sherman
9:45 - 10:00 Presentation 12: Participant Slide Examples from Past Classes Ron Vogel
10:00 - 12:00 Office Hours: Group Discussion or One-on-One
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 4:00 Participants work on their mini-project on their own time
Friday - April 4 1:00 - 3:00 Final Mini-project Presentations (1 slide each) Participants

Resources