Table of Contents Summary of ERD’s tools 4 Overview of ERD Datasets 5 Satellite Data Browsers 6 ERDDAP 11 Environmental Data Connector (EDC) 16 X-tractomatic scripts for Matlab & R 20 Specialized Web pages 22 NOAA Ocean Satellite Courses 23 Summary of ERD’s tools Tool Usage Programs Pros/Cons Satellite Good tool for viewing Not recommended for Data satellite datasets downloading data. Not Browsers all satellite datasets on all the browser, most notable VIIRS and Aquarius salinity datasets are not on it. ERDDAP A data server that gives you Data can be Extensive data (or a machine) a simple, visualized or holdings, not just consistent way to download downloaded in a satellite data (i.e., subsets of scientific variety of data ARGO floats, NDBC datasets in common file and image buoy data, CalCOFI formats and make graphs formats or data and model output and maps. ERDDAP was accessed are also on ERDDAP). developed at ERD by Bob directly from Allows for viewing Simons, but other centers within tools such datasets, but switching now have their own as Matlab, R, between datasets is ERDDAP servers. GrADS and easier in the Satellite more Data Browser.
Table of Contents Summary of ERD’s tools 4 Overview of ERD Datasets 5 Satellite Data Browsers 6 ERDDAP 11 Environmental Data Connector (EDC) 16 X-tractomatic scripts for Matlab & R 20 Specialized Web pages 22 NOAA Ocean Satellite Courses 23 Summary of ERD’s tools Tool Usage Programs Pros/Cons Satellite Data Browsers Good tool for viewing satellite datasets Not recommended for downloading data. Not all satellite datasets on all the browser, most notable VIIRS and Aquarius salinity datasets are not on it. ERDDAP A data server that gives you (or a machine) a simple, consistent way to download subsets of scientific datasets in common file formats and make graphs and maps. ERDDAP was developed at ERD by Bob Simons, but other centers now have their own ERDDAP servers. Data can be visualized or downloaded in a variety of data and image formats or accessed directly from within tools such as Matlab, R, GrADS and more Extensive data holdings, not just satellite data (i.e., ARGO floats, NDBC buoy data, CalCOFI data and model output are also on ERDDAP). Allows for viewing datasets, but switching between datasets is easier in the Satellite Data Browser.
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