A loop of GOES east water vapor imagery is available for analysis. This imagery is from the “continental US” case that is also analyzed in the streamlining and advection labs. You can download a zip file of the imagery below, and it is also available in the vorticity and deformation zones folder on the course site http://courses.comet.ucar.edu/course/view.php?id=165
The images are large enough to print well on 8.5” x 12” copy paper without resizing, or they can be imported to MS Powerpoint or other software that contains drawing capabilities. Analyze the image from 2030Z on March 2.
Consult your instructor for further details on format or other recommended analysis times.
ReferencesHahn, B. B., E. Rall, and D. W. Klinger, 2002: Cognitive analysis of the warning forecaster task. Klein Associates, Inc., Final Rep. RA1330-02-SE-0280, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, 26 pp. [Available from Klein Associates, Inc., 1750 Commerce Center Blvd North, Fairborn, OH 45324-6362.]
Pliske, Rebecca M., Beth Crandall, and Gary Klein. "Competence in Weather Forecasting" Psychological Investigations of Competence in Decision Making, Ed. Kip Smith, James Shanteau, Paul Johnson, Cambridge University Press, 2004. 57. Print.
Stuart, Neil A., David M. Schultz, and Gary Klein. "Maintaining the role of humans in the forecast process." Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc 88 (2007): 1893-1898.