Accessing ocean satellite data with
ERDDAP, Panoply, R, Python and ArcGIS
These tutorials demonstrate how to access and work with satellite data in multiple software systems. The materials have been developed for the CoastWatch satellite data course and provide practical examples of how to access data from ERDDAP and work with it in the specified software.
The ERDDAP tutorials offer step-by-step examples of how to use the ERDDAP web interface to access, download and preview data.
Using the ERDDAP data catalog
Visualize data online
Understanding the ERDDAP URL
Creating a Hovmoller plot
Working with wind vectors
Using tabular data
Step-by-step examples of how to use Panoply software to view NetCDF files
Create custom maps
Viewing multiple time steps
Create an animation
Plot wind vectors
View data values
View metadata information
Step-by-step examples of how to access and use satellite and in-situ data from ERDDAP. Examples are organized by topics and offered in R and Python.
CoastWatch Training Modules on GitHub Video Intro to the R tutorialsThe ArcGIS tutorials are offered in video, step-by-step and pdf slide formats. Many of the R tutorial topics have been replicated in ArcGIS.