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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This lesson introduces forecasters to the use of microwave image products for observing and analyzing tropical cyclones. Microwave observations from low Earth orbiting satellites are crucial to today’s operational forecasters, and particularly for those...
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This lesson places learners at a forecast desk in Vancouver, British Columbia as they forecast the potential for a reduced air quality event. Forecast emphasis is placed on synoptic, mesoscale, and microscale features and the role features at these scales...
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This 45-minute lesson highlights GOES-R and JPSS satellite products that can provide useful information to forecasters during heavy rainfall scenarios. In this lesson, the learner takes on the role of a forecaster working a shift during a potential heavy rainfall...
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Coastal water levels rise and fall for many reasons, including the rhythm of the tides and other factors. People measure water levels for many purposes, including safe navigation, marsh restoration, coastal mapping, and monitoring sea level change. Management...
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Wildland Firefighters rely on accurate weather forecasts to plan their operations. Weather forecasters in the NWS are frequently called upon to provide spot forecasts to firefighters, particularly before a fire reaches a size that warrants an Incident Meteorologist....
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The National Blend of Models version 4.0 (NBM v4.0) uses a modified Bourgouin technique to calculate a conditional probability of weather type (PoWT). This lesson explains conditional probability and the modified Bourgouin method, as well as the Freezing Rain...
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NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) provides the framework for all positioning activities in the nation. The foundational elements of latitude, longitude, elevation, and shoreline information impact a wide range of important activities. Our primary end-users...
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This training package on Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) consists of four 4-6 minute video trainings and one 20-minute interactive lesson. The videos will focus on the reason that FIM is a necessity, and the two FIM services available with NWM: 1) the NWM FIM...
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This lesson demonstrates the aspects of risk and risk assessment that need to be considered when implementing Impact-based Forecasting (IBF) in your forecast office. You play the role of a forecaster for the fictional country of Tiziki that is implementing...
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You’ve been busily working on model runs for the past grueling year. You think you see a trend in the data but are struggling to confirm your theory. The stress is building slowly and the deadlines are creeping closer. Mounds of unanalyzed data are piling...
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