The Nature of Geographic Data - Students' Assignment

Data:

1- Download MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) & Chlorophyll-a (CHL) Satellite Driven Data of Caspian Sea on April 2009 from Here

2- Download ECMWF Wind data of Caspian Sea on Aprill 2009 from Here

3- Download Caspian Bathymetry lines and border from Here

4- Download field data over Caspian Sea on Aprill 2009 from Here

 

Excercise:

1- Extract isoplethe contour lines of SST and CHL over Caspian Sea using three interpolation methods using ArcGIS Spatial Analysis Tools. You must create intractive maps from your Vector and Raster data.

2- Compare Satellite driven data with field data over Caspian Sea. Mark differences and similarities. Give a statistical view of the accuracy of the satellite driven data

3- Plot Wind data over the satellite driven data of Caspian Sea. Create Intractive Maps and give a short description on what happend over Caspian Sea on April 2009. In ECMWF data the meteorological convention for winds is that U component is positive for a west to east flow (west wind) and the V component is positive for south to north flow (south wind). Calculate Wind Speed as formal and Wind Direction as below:

'VBA Coding for ArcGIS

dim value
if [v10] > 0 then
value = ((180 / 3.14) * Atn( [u10] / [v10] ) + 180)
elseif [u10] < 0 And [u10] < 0 then
value = ((180 / 3.14) * Atn( [u10] / [v10] ) + 0)
elseif [u10] > 0 And [v10] < 0 then
value = ((180 / 3.14) * Atn( [u10] / [v10] ) + 360)
end if

 

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