Background and general resources
- Why do we want to measure currents ?
http://www.myocean.eu/web/44-currents.php - Ocean Motion and surface currents review and resources
http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/ - University of Miami introduction and resources
http://oceanmotion.org/
Satellite Earth observation
- Portal of the NORwegian Satellite Earth Observation Database for MArine and Polar Research project. Access to the satellite productson ocean, ice and atmosphere and the Arctic
http://normap.nersc.no/ - Sources of high-resolution ocean colour data:
Ocean Colour CCI (High-resolution synthesis of data from multiple missions)
www.esa-oceancolour-cci.org/ (not working at the moment)
GOCI (Korean ocean colour sensor on geostationary satellite)
http://kosc.kordi.re.kr/oceansatellite/coms-goci/introduction.kosc - Altimeter data :http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/
- The OSCAR surface currents:http://www.oscar.noaa.gov/
- French Level 3 SMOS ground segment: http://www.catds.fr/
- ESA SMOS web site: http://www.smos.esa.int/
- SMOS Barcelona Expertise Center and CP3/4 http://www.smos-bec.icm.csic.es/
- Aquarius mission NASA web site: http://aquarius.nasa.gov/
- http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/CryoSat
- https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-3
Modelling
- ECMWF data : http://data-portal.ecmwf.int/
- MyOcean modelling http://www.myocean.eu/web/38-modelling.php
In situ
- Surface drifter data :http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/dacdata.php
- Surface currents derived from the trajectory of ARGO floats:http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/yomaha/
- Coriolis in-situ data center for operational oceanography:http://www.coriolis.eu.org/
- British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)
Drifter, ADCP and Glider data
http://www.bodc.ac.uk - FP7 EMODnet in situ data www.emodnet-physics.eu
- Observing System Monitoring Center http://www.osmc.info/
- The Brahan Project aims to showcase the unique features, benefits and utility that SeaSonde HF Radar monitoring and added value applications can provide to the UK ocean community and UK society at large. It demonstrates a fully operational Long Range SeaSonde high frequency radar system in the Shetland-Orkney area in Northern Scotland
www.thebrahanproject.com (see bottom of page)