Visualizations

• earth.nullschool.net: current atmospheric and oceanic surface conditions on a beautiful interactive map
• windy.com: Similar to above, but with different data sources

Data Sources

• Atlantic Ocean medium resolution SST (5-day, 1/2º, 1950–2014) on the CEDA Archive
• Gulf Stream and Shelf/Slope Fronts from Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) data viewer
• MARACOOS Asset Viewer from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System
• CESM Large Ensemble on the cloud
• Synoptic-scale ocean surface fluxes: J-OFURO

Forecast Products

• Coupled Northwest Atlantic Prediction System from the Ocean Observing and Prediction Group at NCSU
• Doppio (Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine nowcast/forecast system) THREADS server from the Rutgers IMCS Ocean Modeling Group

Codes

• Aronnax: Multi-layer shallow water/reduced gravity model with Python interface
• MITgcm: Ocean general circulation model with adjoint capabilities
• MOM6: Ocean general circulation model written in arbitrary Lagrangian/Eulerian vertical coordinates
• PyQG: Multi-layer quasigeostrophy in Python

Fellowships for PO Students

Databases

• Fellowship finder at the University of Illinois
• UCLA graduate and postdoc funding database

Fellowships open to international students

• Brookhaven Employees Recreation Association: Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship
  • For Asian students on F-1 visas in Long Island-based Ph.D. programs
  • Deadline: Late May
  • $1500
• California Sea Grant: Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
  • Matches students with hosts in legislative or executive branch or appropriate associations/institutions in DC
  • Deadline Feb 22
  • Up to $71,500 for one year
• Lawrence Livermore National Lab: Livermore Graduate Scholar Program
  • Pursue part of graduate research at lab.
  • Deadline: Late May
  • $51,450 per year for up to 4 years
• Los Alamos National Lab: Graduate Research Assistant Program
  • Pursue part of graduate research at lab. May be openings related to Earth Sciences.
  • Deadline: varies
  • Funding: varies
• NASA: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)
  • Supports research aligned with NASA’s Earth Science Division
  • Deadline March 11
  • Up to $45,000 per year for up to three years + up to $10,000 for tuition, fees, travel, etc.
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists: SEG Scholarship
  • Supports research in geophysics or closely related field (e.g., Earth sciences)
  • Deadline: March 1
  • Up to $10,000 (average: $3,700)
• WHOI/NSF/ONR: GFD Summer Fellowship
  • Deadline: Feb 15
  • $7,200 for a summer