What Is MetEd?
MetEd is a free collection of hundreds of training resources intended for the geoscience community. Whether you're an experienced meteorologist honing existing skills or a student looking for new geoscience topics of interest, we have something for you. Learn more about MetEd in this short video.
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Understanding how information on hazards, exposure, and vulnerability can be used to determine the potential impacts of a hydrometeorological event is an essential element of impact-based forecasting. In order to gain that understanding, the learner will be...
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This lesson introduces learners to pollution constituent life cycles, air quality observing and modeling principles, weather patterns that induce or exacerbate poor air quality, and human impacts. In the second half of the lesson, learners will apply this...
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This training offers an overview of the NOAA Satellite Proving Ground Flood Website. The website provides flood extent information useful in numerous applications, including inland and river flooding, tropical storm flooding, dam breaks, ice jam flooding,...
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Implementing Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services (IBF) helps improve the understanding of and response to the potential impacts of hydrometeorological hazards by communicating “what the weather will do” rather than “what the weather will be”....
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A collection of short (5-7 minutes each) vignettes focused on topics in probabilistic forecasting, including lessons in data distribution and specific probabilistic measures. These lessons can assist forecasters, forecast users, and students with developing...
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This advanced lesson provides users with best practices for using GOES-R/16/17 and JPSS satellite products to aid in the forecast process for convective maintenance. The lesson uses a convective case study to help learners understand how to use the products...
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Through a series of exercises in this lesson, the learners will discover the state of the science of cloud seeding, including the conceptual model of using silver iodide in wintertime clouds over the mountains. The learners will also determine the factors...
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Building partnerships with organizations to support the implementation of Impact-based Forecasting (IBF) Services is critical for the success of the effort. Many organizations have information on the vulnerability and exposure of populations and infrastructure...
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This lesson takes learners through a day in the life of a NWS WFO Aviation Focal Point. Learners will encounter activities they would have to perform within the role, including fielding calls from partners and mentoring colleagues. Through interactive scenarios,...
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New-generation GOES-R and JPSS satellite products offer improved capabilities for detecting and monitoring some of the more subtle elements of winter weather events, including snow squalls.
In this lesson you will investigate a snow squall case in central...
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