Using Data to Teach the Ocean System

This collection of web sites contains data-rich resources that can be used for developing teaching materials. This is a subset drawn from our larger collection, Using Data in the Classroom. Please suggest data-rich resources that you think would be useful in teaching oceanography.



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Goddard Institute of Space Studies: Data and Images part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) key objective is the prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century. On this website, the GISS provides data and images regarding the ...

NASA Global Change Master Directory: Discover Earth science data and services part of SERC Web Resource Collection

NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) is an online card catalog of data sets covering just about every scientific area of global change research. The website includes downloadable ...

Java Ocean Atlas part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Java OceanAtlas (JOA) is a multi-OS application for viewing and exploring ocean vertical profile data. JOA is a collection of some of the most useful oceanographic section data from the world ocean ...

Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) is a software framework for analyzing and visualizing geoscience data sets collected by the Unidata Program. The IDV may be used to display and analyze satellite ...

Our Dynamic Planet part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This CD-ROM consists of tools for investigations of the theory of plate tectonics. Modules include virtual plate tectonics lecture (30 minute animated plate tectonics video), geography game, profile ...

El Nino Theme Page: Access to Distributed Information on El Nino part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This concentrated, in-depth resource provides access to recent information on El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, including data, graphics, forecasts, historical ...

Atmosphere-Ocean Model part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Atmosphere-Ocean Model is a computer program that simulates the Earth's climate in three dimensions on a gridded domain. The model requires that the user enter two kinds of input, specified ...

National Oceanographic Data Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Together with the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) is one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Ocean Biogeographic Information System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website is a network of systematic, ecological, and environmental information systems. Collectively, these systems operate as a dynamic, global digital atlas to communicate biological ...

The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is the national repository for geophysical data, one of three National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) National Data Centers, and part of the US Department ...