Diving into Marine Geoscience

ArcGIS has unique advantages in spatial analysis of Geographic Information System, so it has become one of the main research tools for my current program. However, in the process of communication, due to the different choices in the data processing and displaying tools, we often encounter the problem of data format conversion. This post shows you how to use the GMT 4 command to convert the Arc ASCII data format to a netCDF recognized by GMT.

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Thinking of this time last year (Feb 2019), I was waiting for the invitation letter from my current supervisors, whom I wanted to work with in the coming few years. Luckily I won the CSC scholarship three months later, graduated with my master degree in last June, and now I am conducting my Ph.D. program under their supervision. This post as follows lists some active platforms for students and researchers in Geoscience to find open positions.

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It is wise for researchers to take advantage of open data. Sometimes it can be crucial. Some of the greatest open access geo-databases are as follows.

Seafloor Bathymetry

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