SIO 221C Data Analysis Laboratory
Fall 2008
Professor: Sarah Gille
SIO Office: Nierenberg Hall 348
Telephone: 822-4425
e-mail: sgille at ucsd.edu
Meetings:
Tuesday and Thursday: 12:30-1:50, OAR 150 Conference Room
Course Requirements:
Complete 3 projects from list below (or new ones to be added; one
project may be arranged with instructor to be tailored to research).
Each project is scheduled to take 3 weeks. Students report
on their progress at each class meeting and discuss problems and
possible solutions with the group.
Written reports are submitted
at the end of each project. The course is taken S/U.
In 2008, as a warm up review of data analysis, you will read
the draft chapter on data analysis from the revised edition of
Descriptive Physical Oceanography and provide a written review.
(You may work together on the review.)
Course evaluations (Nov 24-Dec 7): https://sio.ucsd.edu/secure/student/course_eval/
Syllabus
Review questions for Descriptive Physical Oceanography Ch. 7. (The chapter is copyrighted and is posted in UCSD electronic course reserves.)
Resources:
Schedule:
Organization:
September 25
Project 1 (spectral methods): September 30, October 7, October 9, October 14, October 16, October 21 (review
of Descriptive Physical Oceanography Ch. 7, due. Oct. 7;
written reports due October
21) No class October 2
Project 2 (EOFs or objective mapping):
October 23, October 28, October 30, November 4, November 6, November 13,
(written reports due November 13)
No class November 11: Veterans' Day
Project 3 (open choice):
November 18, November 20,
November 25, December 2, December 4, December 9
(written reports due December 9)
No class November 27: Thanksgiving
Projects
- Time series and spectra
- Empirical Orthogonal Functions
- Objective Mapping
- Other
Data
Tools
Lecture Notes
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