2006 NWA Annual Meeting2006 NWA Annual Meeting

Using COMETUsing COMET®® Modules as Modules as Educational and Continuing Educational and Continuing

Education Opportunities Education Opportunities

Liz PageLiz PageUCAR/COMETUCAR/COMET

NWA SecretaryNWA Secretary

15 October 200615 October 2006

OverviewOverview

New Learning Modules on MetEdNew Learning Modules on MetEd MetEd MetEd Registration and Assessment Registration and Assessment

SystemSystem– Recertification (NWA Seal and AMS CBM)Recertification (NWA Seal and AMS CBM)

MetEd Broadcaster Community WebsiteMetEd Broadcaster Community Website Module TranslationsModule Translations

New ModulesNew Modules

Watersheds: Watersheds: Connecting Weather to Connecting Weather to the Environment the Environment

Skew-T MasterySkew-T Mastery Landfalling Fronts and Landfalling Fronts and

CyclonesCyclones Conceptual Models of Conceptual Models of

Tropical WavesTropical Waves Space Weather BasicsSpace Weather Basics

Remote SensingRemote Sensing

Microwave Remote Sensing Microwave Remote Sensing OverviewOverview

Microwave Remote Sensing: Clouds, Microwave Remote Sensing: Clouds, Precipitation, and Water VaporPrecipitation, and Water Vapor

Advances in Microwave Remote Advances in Microwave Remote Sensing: Ocean Wind Speed and Sensing: Ocean Wind Speed and Direction Direction

Lectures on Radar Applications in Lectures on Radar Applications in Mesoscale MeteorologyMesoscale Meteorology

Dynamic Feature Identification: The Dynamic Feature Identification: The Satellite PaletteSatellite Palette

Numerical Weather PredictionNumerical Weather Prediction

Ensemble Prediction Ensemble Prediction System Matrix: System Matrix: Characteristics of Characteristics of Operational Ensemble Operational Ensemble Prediction Systems Prediction Systems (EPS)(EPS)

The NCEP NAM WRF The NCEP NAM WRF ModelModel

HydrologyHydrology

Runoff ProcessesRunoff Processes Streamflow RoutingStreamflow Routing Unit Hydrograph Unit Hydrograph

TheoryTheory Understanding the Understanding the

Hydrologic CycleHydrologic Cycle

Coastal and MarineCoastal and Marine

Rip Currents: Forecasting Rip Currents: Forecasting Shallow Water WavesShallow Water Waves Marine Wave Model Marine Wave Model

MatrixMatrix Wave Life Cycle II: Wave Life Cycle II:

Propagation & DispersionPropagation & Dispersion Introduction to Ocean Introduction to Ocean

TidesTides

Watersheds: Connecting Weather to Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environmentthe Environment

Designed for Weather Designed for Weather BroadcastersBroadcasters

Watersheds as our Watersheds as our environmental home environmental home

Relationship between Relationship between the weather and the the weather and the health and protection health and protection of the environmentof the environment

Skew-T MasterySkew-T Mastery

Thermodynamic Thermodynamic properties, convective properties, convective parameters, stability parameters, stability assessment, and assessment, and forecast applicationsforecast applications

Interactive Web-based Interactive Web-based skew-T diagram that skew-T diagram that calculates common calculates common forecast parametersforecast parameters

Landfalling Fronts and CyclonesLandfalling Fronts and Cyclones

Focuses on the west Focuses on the west coast of North Americacoast of North America

Complex interaction of Complex interaction of the wind field with the wind field with topography topography

Resulting effects on Resulting effects on nearshore winds and nearshore winds and precipitationprecipitation

Conceptual Models of Tropical Conceptual Models of Tropical WavesWaves

Webcast by Horace Burton Webcast by Horace Burton and Selvin Burton of the and Selvin Burton of the Caribbean Institute for Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Meteorology and HydrologyHydrology

Dynamical characteristics Dynamical characteristics and evolution and evolution

Vertical and horizontal Vertical and horizontal structurestructure

Typical weather changes Typical weather changes Methods of trackingMethods of tracking

Space Weather BasicsSpace Weather Basics

Overview of space Overview of space weather processes weather processes

Impacts on the Earth and Impacts on the Earth and human activities human activities

Technology used in Technology used in forecastingforecastingspace weather eventsspace weather events

Operations of NOAA's Operations of NOAA's SpaceSpaceEnvironment Center (SEC)Environment Center (SEC)

Coming SoonComing Soon

Flood Frequency Flood Frequency AnalysisAnalysis

Winds in the Marine Winds in the Marine Boundary Layer (MBL): Boundary Layer (MBL): A Forecaster's Guide A Forecaster's Guide

Marine Forecast Marine Forecast CustomerCustomer

Microwave Remote Microwave Remote Sensing: Land and Sensing: Land and Ocean Surface Ocean Surface

MetEd Registration and AssessmentMetEd Registration and Assessment

Register for a courseRegister for a course Access the moduleAccess the module Take the quizTake the quiz Receive a completion Receive a completion

certificate for that coursecertificate for that course Viewing transcripts of all Viewing transcripts of all

your coursesyour courses All information is kept All information is kept

confidential and is confidential and is password protectedpassword protected

Recertification NWA SealRecertification NWA Seal

Recertification is required every Recertification is required every 3 years 3 years

COMET modules can be used COMET modules can be used to meet professional to meet professional development requirementsdevelopment requirements

Recertification AMS CBMRecertification AMS CBM

28 Professional Development Score 28 Professional Development Score (PDS) points required over a continuous (PDS) points required over a continuous five- year period five- year period

COMET module points COMET module points – 0.500 point per module completed with a 0 0.500 point per module completed with a 0

or 1 difficulty rating or 1 difficulty rating – 1.00 point per module completed with a 2 1.00 point per module completed with a 2

difficulty rating difficulty rating – 1.25 point per module completed with a 3 1.25 point per module completed with a 3

difficulty ratingdifficulty rating– Maximum 16 points per 5 year periodMaximum 16 points per 5 year period

TranslationsTranslations

Selected modules Selected modules have been translated have been translated intointo– SpanishSpanish– FrenchFrench– RussianRussian

SummarySummary

Number of Modules on MetEd continues to Number of Modules on MetEd continues to expandexpand

MetEd MetEd Registration and Assessment Registration and Assessment System - great way to track your trainingSystem - great way to track your training– Recertification (NWA Seal and AMS CBM)Recertification (NWA Seal and AMS CBM)

MetEd Broadcaster Community WebsiteMetEd Broadcaster Community Website Translated modulesTranslated modules

http://meted.ucar.edu/http://meted.ucar.edu/