Some Oceanography Gems

Prepared by Gerrit Lohmann

Views of the Earth (Live satellite images)

• Home Page for Views of the Earth
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
• View from the Sun:
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-s
• Topographical map of whole Earth:
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p&img=NOAAtopo.evif
• Project GLOBE (student data input worldwide):
  http://globe3.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/home.cgi

The Ocean Surface

• Home Page for SeaWiFS Project Image Archive
  http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/IMAGES/IMAGES.html
• Temperature contours at SeaWiFS:
  http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/contour.html
• Sea Surface Temperature US Navy:
  http://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/otis/otis.html
• Wave Height Predictions US Navy:
  http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/wam.html
• El Niño:
  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml

The Sea Floor

• Home Page of NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/mggd.html
• New Global Seafloor Topography from Satellite Altimetry:
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/seafloor.html
• Topographical map of whole Earth:
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p&img=NOAAtopo.evif

Whales

• California Gray Whale Lessons + J.J. the Gray Whale from Sea World
  http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS/Whale.html
• Virtual Whale Project - Pacific Humpback Whales:
  http://fas.sfu.ca/cs/research/Whales/

Coastal Phenomena

• Coastal Processes calculators - Sand on Beach
  http://www.coastal.udel.edu/faculty/rad/
• Tide and Current Predictor:
  http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS/Ocean.html
• Ocean Waves Lessons
  http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html
• Surf - Live Video Cameras:
  http://207.226.245.212/videocam.html
• Harmful Algal Blooms:
  http://www.redtide.whoi.edu/hab/
• Habitats Path at the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
  http://www.mbayaq.org/hp/index.htm
• Tidepool Lesson:
  http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS/TidePool.html

Coral Reefs

• Coral Reef Resource Page
  http://www.indiana.edu/~reefpage/index2.html
• Coral Reef Hotspots for Bleaching:
  http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html
• Great Barrier Reef Images:
  http://www.undersea.com.au/index.html

Antarctica

• Plankton & Krill
  http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/environments/m.environments.html
• Live from Antarctica - Photo Gallery
  http://www.edc.org/~nross/PTK/main/gallery/index.html#NSF6

Some Marine Organisms

• Gulf Specimens
  http://www.adsul.com/gulfspecimen/touch.htm
• Live from Antarctica - Photo Gallery
  http://www.edc.org/~nross/PTK/main/gallery/index.html#NSF6