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data analysis and visualization

Pictureearly season rains April 2012: jet streak, vertical velocity, 200 and 850hPa wind vectors, total precipitable water, 500hPa positive temperature advection, and TRMM precipitation
Do you spend 90% of your time trying to code and only 10% doing real science? I used to also before embracing the IDV! Now I spend 100% of my time doing real science and 0% banging my head on a command line terminal. Thank you IDV!

Download the IDV here                                                                         
And watch Brian Mapes' handy IDV youtube tutorials     and download the Brian Mapes IDV extensions from here.         

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COCONet 30 minute GPS based water vapor and 5 minute surface meteorology station data. Download and plot in IDV all FREE
PictureTPW (2D shaded view) and RH% (vertical cross section) visualized in IDV.
 



   Easy and intuitive plotting in IDV. 



download IDV demo files below
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Download the IDV .zidv bundle for a demonstration of wind visualizations from the 1993 Storm of the Century (UWI-Cave Hill Synoptic Meteorology II class). Click image above to download file. 
Below are files to help explore the IDV. Download by clicking on the "HERE" link below. 
click HERE to download monthly IDV class multi parameter file (20mb)
click HERE to download monthly SST data for use in class demonstration.
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click HERE to download monthly wind IDV example for use in class demonstration
click HERE to download monthly zonal wind data for use in class demonstration
click HERE to download monthly meridional wind data for use in class demonstration

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Download and explore the Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) from the IRI to produce statistical seasonal forecasts.




A list of my often used handy climate analysis web tools:
The IRI Data Library 
NOAA Physical Science Division Plotting and Analysis Tool
NASA Giovanni


Introduction to Oceans and Climate 2018 - LAB                                                        
1) lab 1 intro
2) lab 1 presentation
3) paper short_contribution.pdfreview
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4) anomaly instructions lab
5) seasonal bulletins
6) standardized anomalies
7) LAB 8 assignment - SEASONAL SST DIFFERENCES (due Nov 13, 2018)
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SST sample data
Introduction to Oceans and Climate 2019 - LAB
1) LAB 2 assignment - mapping precipitation using NASA GPM in NASA Giovanni (Sept 10, 2019)
​2) LAB 3 assignment - exploring Hovmuller plots using NASA MODIS SST in NASA Giovanni (Sept. 17, 2019)
3) ASSIGNMENT 3  - exploring zonal mean plots using NASA TRMM in NASA Giovanni (due Oct. 15, 2019)
4) ASSIGNMENT 4 - exploring buoy data and wave energy plots (due Oct. 31, 2019)
5) ASSIGNMENT 6 - seasonal composites
Introduction to Oceans and Climate 2020 - LAB
1) recorded lab session 1 (Sept. 22, 2020). ​PART1 and PART2

CIMH TEACHING SUPPLEMENTS
1) WMO Guide to Wave Analysis and Forecasting 
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2) IDV OpenDAP links

UWI Climate Change and Society class links / information:
readings: 
1) https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Information-for-Public-Health-Action/Thomson-Mason/p/book/9781138069640
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2) IPCC Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report
3) Paris Agreement

lectures:
1) class 1 (Jan 18, 2021)

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