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Welcome to the SCOOP Tutorial!

The SURA Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction (SCOOP) program is integrating diverse efforts and empowering a virtual community of scientists with the tools, resources, and ideas that lead to discovery. You might ask, "How do I benefit from SCOOP?" Well, SCOOP offers an extensive inventory of services and data that you can download and use on your personal computer. While these tools and data can be accessed individually through publically accessible means, a virtual Grid Appliance has been created which integrates many of SCOOP's capabilities into a single pre-configured virtual machine. Capabilities include the means to search, download and visualize data as well as to perform model simulations on distributed SCOOP resources. In addition, this Appliance can easily be expanded as new capabilities become available or can be further expanded to target specific user needs. You might be wondering what this all means. Well, that is what this tutorial is for; to teach you how to utilize the resources provided by SCOOP.

This tutorial will cover:

  • SCOOP: Overview of the SCOOP Program and website
  • Virtual Machine: A virtual computer that runs inside a real computer
  • Grid Appliance: A customized virtual machine design for grid computing
  • Coastal Concepts: Explanation of coastal concepts through definitions and simulations

For a brief introduction to the SCOOP Tutorial, click here for a video.


The tutorial is divided into sections. This link will take you to the user-friendly version which gives background and insight into what you are doing.


Forward to SCOOP Tutorial Main Story


If this is your first time visiting the SCOOP Tutorial, please go to the SCOOP Pre-Assessment and answer the questions to rate your knowledge of the content. After you have completed the tutorial, please go to the SCOOP Post-Assessment to answer similar questions to see how much you learned.


Use the Quick Links to go straight to each section and skip the explanations. This is helpful if you are returning to finish a section or wish to look back for clarification.


Forward to SCOOP Tutorial Quick Links


If at any time you would like to get back to this page, click SCOOP on the left side of the page under projects.

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