The instructor for this course will be Brad deYoung who can be found in either C-3000 or C-4062.
The course is about the interpretation and analysis of oceanographic data. We will look at different types of oceanographic data, exploring different types of instruments, their strengths and weaknesses, and the kinds of data that we typically get from them. We will then explore spatial and time-series analysis of these data, using real oceanographic data. There will be lectures but most of the work will be done in the interpretation and analysis of data which will be explored through assignments and a project.
We will meet in room C-3067 from 3:30 to 4:45 PM on Tuesday and Thursday. The first class will be Thursday 11 January.
Once the course starts, some class notes,
assignments, tests, solutions, papers to read, Matlab scripts,
odds and ends will be posted on this page.
Our extra class on 26 March, Monday, will be in C-3067 from 1:30 to 2:45.
The text for the course will be Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography
by W.J. Emery and R.E. Thomson. The bookstore has told us that they cannot get
the book until April. That will probably be a little late.
The book is worth having, and using, and I encourage you to order it on your own. Chapters has it online for just over $100 and says that they will ship within 24 hours.
Here are the papers for the presentations that we will have for the week of 5 March - if that works for everyone. Pick one that you like to do and then let me know. One or two of these are shorter than others. If you have a shorter one then I will expect you to dig a little more and to provide more context. For the longer ones I will only expect that you report on the paper itself. I will let you know whether you have picked a short or long straw when you sign up.
