NOAA CoastWatch Satellite Training Course, Micronesia, March 2024

March 25, 2024 through March 29, 2024

9:00 Chamorro Time* Virtual, Synchronous

The CoastWatch Team is inviting remote participants for a 5-day introductory course on ocean satellite data. Registration is first-come, first-serve. Learn more about what this course entails here.

Course Content (UMD Canvas)

Registration (Constant Contact Form)

The course will cover :

• remote sensing basics
• example applications of satellite data
• sea surface temperature
• ocean color (chlorophyll, PAR, Kd490, ....)
• altimetry (sea surface height, currents)
• wind
• salinity
• water quality (optional)
• sea ice (optional)
• synthetic aperture radar (optional)
• which dataset to choose
• overview of different tools and platforms to access data

*Times subject to change, note the instructors will be in multiple time zones