Reiner SchlitzerReiner Schlitzer

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ResearchAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Ocean Data ViewOcean Data View

Ocean Data ViewOcean Data View

Software for easy access, interactive analysis and visualizationSoftware for easy access, interactive analysis and visualizationof profile, time-series, trajectory or general sequence data.of profile, time-series, trajectory or general sequence data.

ODV Collection FormatODV Collection Format

• optimized for variable length profiles/sequences (original data or gridded optimized for variable length profiles/sequences (original data or gridded data products)data products)

• binary format providing dense storage and fast data accessbinary format providing dense storage and fast data access

• support for data quality flagssupport for data quality flags

• expandableexpandable

• platform-independentplatform-independent

• can be used for many different data typescan be used for many different data types

• Available for WindowsAvailable for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, , Mac OS X, Linux, andand UNIX UNIX..• Supports native ODV collection format and netCDF.Supports native ODV collection format and netCDF.• Reads and imports many oceanographic data formats, (e.g., WOD, ARGO, GTSPP, WOCE, Reads and imports many oceanographic data formats, (e.g., WOD, ARGO, GTSPP, WOCE, SeaDataNet, MedAtlas, Sea-Bird…) SeaDataNet, MedAtlas, Sea-Bird…)

Example Data CollectionsExample Data Collections

12,470 stations367,023 samples

2383 stations46,124 samples

Supported Data TypesSupported Data Types

ProfilesProfiles

OceanOcean AtmosphereAtmosphere IceIce Sediments, Soil, …Sediments, Soil, …

OceanOcean

TimeseriesTimeseries

AtmosphereAtmosphere

IceIce

etc. …etc. …

TrajectoriesTrajectories

Underway Underway Ship DataShip Data

AUV, ROV, AUV, ROV, Glider Glider

or Towed or Towed InstrumentInstrument

Float TrajectoriesFloat Trajectories

Oceanography - WOCEOceanography - WOCE

Other – River DischargeOther – River Discharge

Vorosmarty, Fekete,Vorosmarty, Fekete,and Tucker (1018 stations)and Tucker (1018 stations)

Other – Satellite Data (netCDF)Other – Satellite Data (netCDF)

Data Window TypesData Window Types

STATIONSTATION

SCATTERSCATTER

SECTIONSECTION

SURFACESURFACE

Special FeaturesSpecial Features

OverlaysOverlays

Vector PlotsVector Plots

PatchesPatches

Derived VariablesDerived Variables

Data Quality ControlData Quality Control

• easy spotting and identification of outliers or offsetseasy spotting and identification of outliers or offsets

• painless editing of data value and quality flagpainless editing of data value and quality flag

• logging of all value or flag modificationslogging of all value or flag modifications• automatic range checks and manual or automatic editingautomatic range checks and manual or automatic editing

full sample setfull sample set sample sub-setsample sub-set

Data Quality ControlData Quality Control

Subsampling and flexible use of value rangesSubsampling and flexible use of value ranges

GazetteersGazetteers

Built-in Importers:• U.S. NODC World Ocean Database

• GTSPP netCDF 4 files

• ARGO profile and trajectory data

• MEDAR/MEDATLAS data

• WOCE CTD and bottle data

• Sea-Bird .cnv files

• Various spreadsheet file formats

Spreadsheet Data Files

ODV4 – Application WindowODV4 – Application Window

ODV Website:

http://odv.awi.de