joeh 2018-10-08 16:20:09

I thought this course was worth it. Need more examples.

bakerjrjames18 2018-09-04 18:57:32

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2018-08-09 09:46:25

This course would be very useful for an operational forecaster to establish a better understanding of the National Water Model.

Ed37773 2018-08-02 13:01:04

Maybe speed up the animated graphics

SmithM 2018-07-19 12:47:09

Wanted to learn about the NWM but it also had hurricane/tropical storm track info that I'm not familiar with. Otherwise, good training!

Dayz04 2018-06-16 10:03:45

This helped me understand weather a lot better and hopeful it will help later on in my future

campbem1 2018-06-15 14:33:00

Have a tasking to compare some of the weather model parameters we might be using with a operational model that outputs specific parameters such as what NWM does. Very helpful.

charles.ross 2018-06-11 08:23:10

Good training that describes the new features in the NWM.

2018-06-07 14:56:06

Very interesting animations but some of them are not completly suitable for mobile users.My overal experience of this learning is far more than I was expected

2018-06-06 08:52:01

Good introduction, but in this day and age was expecting more mixed media.

jasonjohnson 2018-05-23 06:56:55

The Harvey examples would be better placed at the end of the lesson after the NWM explanation and facts are delivered.Many questions lumped too many concepts and facts. These would be better delivered, understood and remembered if they contained more concise facts.

mjshultz 2018-05-01 15:17:53

This lesson is severely lacking in the physical structure of the mechanisms used to simulate distributed runoff from the National Water Model.

2018-04-08 19:19:23

minor comments:-- when I took the pre-assessment (using Mac/Safari) it did not "show points earned/total points for each question..." It only showed a red X for incorrect answers.-- no big deal but on slide for 2.3, the sentence saying "Here is a list of unoffficial ..." actually is given *after* the list is already presented just above...

shaggy073077 2018-03-22 06:08:42

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• Explain the benefits (and limitations) of the National Water Model
• Describe and communicate the key scientific advantages of the NWM
• Describe how the NWM is run operationally
• List the four time horizon categories and the practical application for each
• Describe forcing data and outputs associated with the different time horizon categories
• Recall NWM official and unofficial products (as of late summer 2017)
• Describe information in NWM guidance (short and medium range) that was in use at the time of the Hurricane Harvey floods of Aug 2017
• Interpret NWM products
• Identify some of the limitations
• Describe how NWM will fit within the CHPS framework

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