CoastWatch Training Courses

30 July - 1 August 2018

University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI

• March 2019 - NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center / Auk Bay Laboratories, Juneau, Alaska
• October 2018    Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI
• August 2018    University of Washington, Seattle
• August 2017    University of Washington, Seattle
• August 2016    University of Washington, Seattle
• August 2015    University of Washington, Seattle
• August 2014    University of Washington, Seattle
• August 2013 &nbs

20-22 May 2019

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
 

21 June 2019

1st International Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium Training Day, College Park, MD
 

24 to 26 September 2019

Texas A&M University, Galveston TX.

5-7 November 2019

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor MI
 

5 to 7 February 2020

University of Puerto Rico in San Juan PR. 
 

7 to 9 April 2020

West Coast/PolarWatch course in Anchorage, AK, was conducted as an abbreviated virtual training. 

7 to 9 April 2020

Anchorage, AK, was conducted as an abbreviated virtual training

13 October, 2020

Oceans MTS/IEEE Conference, Virtual (originally Biloxi/Singapore) 

31 October, 2019

Oceans MTS/IEEE Conference, Seattle, WA 

26-30 October 2020

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. Virtual due to Covid19. 
 

3-7 May, 2021

hosted by NOAA CoastWatch West Coast Node and NOAA PolarWatch
 

May 28, 2021

Second International Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium - Training Day, Virtual.
 

29 July, 2021

hosted by NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Node.

13 August, 2021

NOAA Environmental Data Management Workshop - Hands on session on ERDDAP and NetCDF

https://noaaedm2021.sched.com/event/bf298b9d949ecde4280e12895f5db2c1 

9 December 2021

1-day scientific workshop - Tutorial on Ocean Satellite Data Products and Using ERDDAP and R or Python to Access and Work With Satellite Data

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Session/122229 

24-28 January 2022 

1-week course hosted by PolarWatch and the West Coast Node

25 February 2022

Ocean Sciences Meeting - WK28 NOAA CoastWatch Tutorial On Ocean Satellite Data Products And Using Erddap and R or Python To Access And Work With Satellite Data

https://www.aslo.org/osm2022/workshops/ 
 

Monday, April 25, 2022 through Friday, April 29, 2022

10AM to 4PM Hawaiian Time (HST)

NOAA CoastWatch Fish Tracking class. This course aims to teach students about satellite data and how to use it with fish telemetry data in fishery research and management! 

Course Materials (Website)

July 19, 2022 through August 9, 2022

Tuesdays, 1-3 PM or 1-4 PM Eastern Time (Hybrid)

NOAA CoastWatch Fish Tracking class. This course aims to teach students about satellite data and how to use it with fish telemetry data in fishery research and management! 

Course Materials (Website)

Sunday, August 7, 2022

8:00 AM - 3:45 PM Central Time (Hybrid)

This short course will provide participants an opportunity to use readily available tools to process, display, and analyze GOES-R, JPSS, and other environmental satellite data products in lake application scenarios.

Course Registration (Website)

January 18, 2023 through February 15, 2023

Wednesdays 3-5pm Eastern Time (Hybrid)

The goal of the course is to familiarize NOAA/university researchers, Sea Grant professionals and agency/org. partners with different types of ocean satellite data, different tools, and teach participants how to use satellite data in their own research/outreach using their choice of software (R, python, ArcGIS/QGIS, Matlab).

Course Content (UMD Canvas)

September 18, 2023 through September 20, 2023

9:00-5:00 Pacific Time* @ National Park Service Alaska Regional Office, 240 W 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501 (Hybrid)

Nov 27 @ 1500-2100 UTC - Online

Sunday, February 18, 2024

March 25, 2024 through March 29, 2024

9:00 Chamorro Time* Virtual, Synchronous

Many satellite sea ice products are available for download from NOAA and many other data providers: e.g. sea ice concentration, sea ice thickness, sea ice age, sea ice temperature, and sea ice extent. It can often be challenging to know the differences between the products and how each can be applied to a user’s specific application. For example, the spatial resolutions of the products can vary widely, largely dependent on the type of satellite measurement the product is derived from (passive microwave, visible radiometry or synthetic aperture radar).

Registration is open for training on accessing Oceanographic Satellite Data from NOAA CoastWatch and the Animal Telemetry Network Portal. This training was originally going to be held before the annual AFS (American Fisheries Society) meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, but has been rescheduled to be an online course, open to all.

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!