which tool
to use?

Your Pages: For a simplified view of data

Choose Your Pages for the most simplified view. These are a collection of views that 'look into' the data warehouse in specific areas. In general the "Your Pages" are very specific web pages that only show a few images or series of data for either a Region or a type of data we have stored in our data warehouse.

Alaska MapServer: For more detail, but seeking just "pictures" of data

More detailed than Your Pages. If you like digging into data but want to see a "picture" of it (as opposed to data files in a specific format), choose Alaska Mapserver.

AMIS: For the greatest number of options for obtaining data

If you want to download data in a variety of formats, you will need the complexity and full access to the AOOS data warehouse that you can only get through the AMIS. Learn more about AMIS

Note: You may preview datasets without an account, but to download any data you will need to sign up for a myAOOS account.

Help with AOOS data products

How to use AMIS

How to use 'Latest Data' Archive

How to use the Alaska Mapserver

Video Examples

mp4 movies can be played in Quicktime
mpeg or avi movies can be played in VLC
avi movies can also be played in Windows Media Player

Download the application if clicking on the link does not launch the movie.

(01:25) View AMIS Projects in Google Earth
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(02:20) Search for Projects
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(01:28) AMSR-E data in KMZ - view in Google Earth
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Download sample data
(02:06) AFSC/AVHRR data in SHP/TIF - view in ArcGIS
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(01:49) AFSC/AVHRR/AOOS data in NC - view in Ferret
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(02:36) PMELCTD/AVHRR data in SHP/TIF - view in ArcGIS
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(01:22) UAF IMS data in CSV - view in Excel
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(00:19) Core variables and data inventory
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(00:54) Sample image products
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(00:29) Slide show of AMIS graphics
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(01:03) Dataset temporal/spatial distributions
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(01:14) Vertical sections and drive-thru-raster plots
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(01:51) Webcam image access
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The Alaska Ocean Observing System is building a network of observation platforms and forecast models. The goal of this network is to provide information products and tools to improve our understanding of Alaska’s ocean ecosystem and allow us to make better decisions about our use of the marine environment.

AOOS is affiliated with the Integrated Ocean Observing System and the
University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.
UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution.

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