CoastWatch Training Courses

Many satellite products are available for water quality applications and other uses from NOAA and other data providers. These include: chlorophyll, turbidity, sea surface temperature, organic matter, and more.

In this course, learn how to use these satellite products for your region of interest using freely available tools. Address your needs and questions by creating maps and images, plotting a time series of varying conditions, or creating a virtual buoy for your study location. And other applications too!

Registration is open for training on accessing Oceanographic Satellite Data from NOAA CoastWatch and the Animal Telemetry Network Portal. This training was originally going to be held before the annual AFS (American Fisheries Society) meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, but has been rescheduled to be an online course, open to all.

Many satellite sea ice products are available for download from NOAA and many other data providers: e.g. sea ice concentration, sea ice thickness, sea ice age, sea ice temperature, and sea ice extent. It can often be challenging to know the differences between the products and how each can be applied to a user’s specific application. For example, the spatial resolutions of the products can vary widely, largely dependent on the type of satellite measurement the product is derived from (passive microwave, visible radiometry or synthetic aperture radar).

March 25, 2024 through March 29, 2024

9:00 Chamorro Time* Virtual, Synchronous

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Nov 27 @ 1500-2100 UTC - Online

September 18, 2023 through September 20, 2023

9:00-5:00 Pacific Time* @ National Park Service Alaska Regional Office, 240 W 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501 (Hybrid)

January 18, 2023 through February 15, 2023

Wednesdays 3-5pm Eastern Time (Hybrid)

The goal of the course is to familiarize NOAA/university researchers, Sea Grant professionals and agency/org. partners with different types of ocean satellite data, different tools, and teach participants how to use satellite data in their own research/outreach using their choice of software (R, python, ArcGIS/QGIS, Matlab).

Course Content (UMD Canvas)

Sunday, August 7, 2022

8:00 AM - 3:45 PM Central Time (Hybrid)

This short course will provide participants an opportunity to use readily available tools to process, display, and analyze GOES-R, JPSS, and other environmental satellite data products in lake application scenarios.

Course Registration (Website)

July 19, 2022 through August 9, 2022

Tuesdays, 1-3 PM or 1-4 PM Eastern Time (Hybrid)

NOAA CoastWatch Fish Tracking class. This course aims to teach students about satellite data and how to use it with fish telemetry data in fishery research and management! 

Course Materials (Website)