| Useful Data and Statistical Resources:
(Open Source) |
| R Project
for Statistical Computing - stastical and graphics program
that is used globally for scientific research. |
| Generic
Mapping Tool - program for drawing maps of field sites and
regions that can also display gridded data. |
| OSU
Tidal Inversion Software - spatially continuous tidal predictions
for worldwide locations. Regional models with higher spatial
resolution are also included. |
| XTide -
downloadable tide software that can be run on command line and
directly in R. Includes tidal constituents and offsets for tidal
stations in the United States and additional locations. |
| WWW
Tide and Current Predictor - web version of XTide. |
| NASA
JPL Horizons Software - ephemerides for solar system objects.
This software can be used to determine time series of solar elevations
for locations on Earth. |
| National
Data Buoy Center - oceanic and atmospheric data from a large
network of coastal and offshore buoys. |
| National
Climatic Data Center - data from weather observation stations
throughout the United States. Data are only free when you access
the site from a ".edu" location. |
| NOAA Tides
and Currents - includes measured tidal (water level) data
for the United States. Harmonic constituents are derived from
these data and used to make tidal predictions. (XTide uses these
constituents for many sites.) |
| North
American Regional Reanalysis - 32 km gridded climate data
at 3-hour intervals for North America. The data on this website
are downloadable in NetCDF format for the years 1979-2006. |
| NASA Ocean
Data from Satellites - a web interface to download ocean
temperature, height, wind, and current data from NASA satellites.
Data output can be provided in several different formats including
NetCDF. It is easy to overload the system so try downsizing temporal
and spatial requests if you have trouble obtaining data. |
| NASA
Data from Satellites - a web interface to download all types
of satellite data including MODIS and ASTER land surface data. |
| Solar
Radiation Budget Data - hourly solar and cloud fraction data
from the GOES satellite for the years 1996 to the present. |
