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Java OceanAtlas
http://odf.ucsd.edu/joa/jsindex.html
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The OceanAtlas project provides computer applications and data files to electronically explore the oceans. OceanAtlas applications display data from oceanographic 'sections', which are the cross-sections of an ocean region that are made by displaying data gathered from a ship stopping along its track at intervals to carry out a vertical profile of water properties. Sections nicely illustrate water properties and many circulation-related features, and so are important oceanographic tools. This site provides application software and more than 2000 section data files (including in standard exchange format 'SD2'), plus direct or linked access to applications and data files from other oceanographic software developers.
Intended for grade levels:
  • College (13-14)
  • College (15-16)
  • Graduate / Professional
Type of resource:
  • Visual:
    • Visualization - scientific
  • Dataset:
    • In-situ
  • Tools:
    • Software
Subject:
  • Ocean Sciences:
    • Chemical oceanography
    • Physical oceanography
  • Technology
Technical requirements:
Java
The web site contains downloads for MacOS 9 and X, Windows 9X/2000/NT/ME, and UNIX computers. A CD-ROM version can be ordered also.
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 1999 Dr. James H. Swift
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-000-617
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'Using Data in the Classroom'
http://serc.carleton.edu/usingdata/index.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Joan Osborne
University of California, San Diego

Contact: Dr James Swift
UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography