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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 45-minute lesson highlights a sample of GOES-R and JPSS satellite products that can provide useful information to forecasters during convective weather scenarios. In this lesson, the learner takes on the role of a forecaster working a shift during a...
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The AerosolWatch YouTube Channel contains multiple informational videos about Satellite Aerosol & Fire Products. This set of videos is continually being updated with new content about the aerosol and fire products from NOAA’s JPSS and GOES-R series of satellites....
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COMET staff hosted two editions of the timely webinar, "How to Be Alone Together…Teaching Geosciences in Quarantine." These webinars supported university professors and international hydrometeorological service trainers in the transition to online instruction...
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New-generation GOES-R and JPSS satellite products offer improved capabilities for detecting and monitoring wildland fires in the Western US and similar geographic regions. In the case of the northern California Kincade fire of October 2019, satellite monitoring...
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The US National Weather Service (NWS) Fire Weather Program interacts with many government agencies, provides products and services at the national, regional and local levels, and has updated its guidance documents. This lesson provides the latest Fire Weather...
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In this lesson, the learner takes on the role of a forecaster working the community phone lines prior to the landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018). As a forecaster, the learner converses with a local emergency manager (EM) about the potential threats and...
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This lesson explains how to identify jets and jetstreaks using satellite water vapour imagery. We begin by finding the jetstream and synoptic longwave pattern using a set of five key identifiers. We then move onto locating jetstreaks within the jetstream...
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Two atmospheric river events that produced heavy precipitation and flooding in different locations within the United States are used to demonstrate some of the capabilities of the merged satellite precipitation products, CMORPH and IMERG-L. The CPC MORPHing...
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This lesson will aid learners in developing a basic ability to conduct observational studies of cloud hydrometeors and aerosols or airborne particles. Chapter I of the lesson provides an overview of hydrometeors and aerosols and why these constituents of the...
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The Weather Enterprise, also known as The Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise, is comprised of three main sectors that contribute to the science and application of weather and weather forecasting -- academia, government, and the Weather and Climate Industry....
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