Use Live Access Server (LAS) to select a region of interest and export surface temperature to KML or download a NetCDF to visualize in ArcGIS. Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE), to develop and evaluate a data-assimilative hybrid isopycnal-sigma-pressure (generalized) coordinate ocean model (called HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model or HYCOM). The HYCOM consortium is a multi-institutional effort funded by the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP), as part of the U.