Discussions at the first two SAMOS (formerly High Resolution Marine Meteorology) workshops revealed a need for additional training materials that would target marine technicians and users of SAMOS observations. Technicians noted that they rarely received adequate training on marine meteorological observation methods and they welcomed access to better training materials. The technicians also felt that receiving additional scientific rationale for marine meteorological observations would encourage the technicians to spend more of their busy shipboard schedule on SAMOS data acquisition. To address these issues, the SAMOS initiative worked with NOAA and CSIRO to develop a handbook focusing on the best procedures and practices for marine meteorological measurements.

Starting in 2011, the SAMOS team, in partnership with Frank Bradley (CSIRO, Austrailia), NOAA ESRL/PSL (Daniel Wolfe, Chris Fairall), and members of the WCRP Working Group on Surface Fluxes (WGSF) developed a marine meteorological short course. This was first presented at RVTEC in November 2011 and has been revised and presented at several subsequent NOAA, RVTEC, and INMARTECH meetings. In 2023, the SAMOS team in partnership with Katie Watkins-Brandt (NOAA OMAO) created additional training materials for in-service marine technicians which has been presented at MO-DATA, a NOAA technician professional development annual meeting.

The initiative continues to encourage funding agencies to support human capital development through training and education.