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Ocean Dynamics
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Waves rise as mountains

And rise to the heavens,

And with horror drops glances

Into instantly dug abysses

A disturbing force like passion,

Does not know of a centre point,

Now to the sky, now into the precipice throws

A boat without an oar or rudder. A.K. Tolstoy

 
Man Fights the Ocean
 
In the centuries-old chronicle of navigation, it is possible to find a great deal of evidence of the struggle of Man against the terrible chaos of the Ocean in literature, paintings and sculpture. These are the impassioned lines of telegraph messages and gripping descriptions of storms and hurricanes, epic paintings by artists and stone monuments to seamen who have perished in the Ocean. Humans have fought back against violent Ocean chaos by strengthening vessels, finding better and more reliable means of navigation and communication and increasing the power of engines.

Text and images are from Man and the Ocean, a CD-ROM produced by the Russian Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO).

 
 
 
 
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TitleNOAA Ocean and Weather Data On-line  ( WEBSITE )
DescriptionAvailable regularly-updated observing system data includes global Argo profiling floats, World Ocean Database 2005, TAO El Nino buoy data, global Summary of the Day meteorological stations, Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) data, and U.S. coastal buoy data from National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). Features similar to Google Maps allow the user to smoothly and quickly zoom and pan on the data selection map. The user selects one or more Observing System stations, zooming in or out, or dragging different parts of the map into the viewing area, and then plots the data. The list of variables changes dynanically as a user selects different datasets, and allows the user to select the variables to be plotted. Supported plot types include profile data, property-property plots and time series plots. Data can be downloaded into spreadsheet, GIS and Google Earth compatible formats. Data can be used over the network with new OPeNDAP interfaces (Matlab, Grads, JOA, LAS, etc). New OPeNDAP standards specification for in situ data is based on the underlying Dapper OPOeNDjAP implementation. The web site utilizes JavaScript remote scripting technology, also known as AJAX (Asynchronous Java and XML), the same technology which underlies Google Maps. No Java applets or plug-ins are required.
Keywords NOAA OCEAN WEATHER DATA ON-LINE
Geography Keywords GLOBAL; REGIONAL
Content Language(s)English
Web Address (URL)http://dapper.pmel.noaa.gov/dchart/
Type of Website Institutional website
Related to TopicsOcean Dynamics (1890); Monitoring and Observing Systems (1894); Ocean-atmosphere interface (2188); Maps, Statistics and Databases (1889); Physical and Chemical Properties (1891)
  
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