Syllabus

OEAS 695 Fall 2016 Title “Operational Ocean Observing”
CRN One credit 

Prof. Larry Atkinson
Latkinso@odu.edu

This course takes advantage of the many ocean and atmosphere observing systems and organizations in place in the Hampton Roads region. The purpose of this class is to familiarize students with the systems and organizations for both their science and possible job opportunities. I also stressed how organizations use oceanographic data for decision making.  The class consists entirely of trips to locations throughout the region. Grades are based on participation in the field trips. Each trip takes at least 3 hours and many 5 to 6 hours making scheduling a challenge.  

Locations we will visit (see 'pages' for more info on the site)

Dates to be determined based on our schedules.

Below is Fall 2015 schedule for reference. Fall 2016 will be similar.

Tuesday Sept 1 depart from 4111 Monarch Way at 0845   NOAA  COOPS office in Chesapeake VA. They install and maintain water level (tide) gauges all over the US.

Tuesday Sept 8 NOAA water level gauge at the first island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. 

Tuesday Sept 15 Chesapeake Bay Foundation center at Lynnhaven Inlet

Tuesday Sept 22 HF Radar surface current mapping site at Ocean View, Norfolk and office of Teresa Garner.

Tuesday Oct 27 Hampton Roads Sanitation District

Tuesday Nov 4 National Weather Service Wakefield Weather Forecast Office

Tuesday Nov 17 US Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility and Research Pier, Duck, North Carolina

See 'pages' on this blog for more info.

Grading - this course will be graded based on attendance, participation and short summaries of visits. I realize scheduling may be a challenge for all of us but I expect our best effort to attend all site visits.

Scheduling  - Many of the site visits will take at least 2 hours and some (Duck, NC) 5 to 6 hours. 

Some of the trips may  take up to 4 hours.and the Duck trip will be 1/2 day.