dlr11164 2017-10-30 14:08:43

Great course!!

guiferra 2017-10-30 04:01:58

It is a general, quite descriptive lesson

navinsinghweather 2017-08-04 02:34:35

Excellent and comprehensive. Does a fantastic job of explaining mesoscale models and comparing and contrasting it with synoptic models. I took away one star because the course took me 6 hours to complete and understand, whereas the suggested time was only 30 minutes. Granted, I am a storm chaser who has not yet done meteorology courses or taken any meteorology classes, so that might be part of the reason why it took me so long.

wtvisser 2017-07-31 09:20:35

Challenging and interesting

JLSPAG 2017-05-17 14:24:43

Please, the background should be white and the letters in black for a better reading

KD9CZR 2017-04-04 10:20:39

good introduction for models and their limitations for beginers

SS109Penatrator 2017-02-13 11:07:49

it might be me.. but the material presented and the review don't really prepare you for the test questions 100%..

frankstrait 2016-12-31 09:47:14

One should get more than 0.5 hours of credit for completing this module. There's no way anyone can go through this module from start to finish in only 30 minutes. The credit should be doubled, at least. The amount of time I spent with it (much longer than an hour because I stop to take notes) was much more typical of courses that give a full hour or more of credit.

yjh3044 2016-10-23 19:45:00

good course.

lbk9125 2016-10-07 23:43:32

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BMolloy 2016-07-14 09:44:13

Great Primer.

Svatava 2014-10-17 06:22:01

The content of the module is useful and comprehensible but several quiz questions don´t match the content.

Walktr88 2014-03-27 09:01:06

horrible course. The questions on the quiz do not match the module. i sat through the entire course and scored 26% make a more releveant quiz

zhongj 2013-09-04 15:32:09

A good quick review for the differences between mesoscale and synoptic and global scale models. Agree with the previous review on the speaker being not so clear sometimes. As a Canadian forecaster, I would apprieciate if this module can be followed by those specific to GEM LAM.

reddolphin 2013-05-13 18:42:41

Excellent presentation structure. Easy to understand the content IF I could understand the speaker -- and that was difficult sometimes, when new terms were spoken quickly. The link to the glossary was a great help.

Objetivos finales Cuando termine de estudiar este módulo podrá: 1. Describir cómo funcionan los modelos de mesoescala. 2. Evaluar los puntos fuertes y débiles de los diferentes modelos de PNT. Objetivos de capacitación Cuando termine de estudiar este módulo podrá: 1. Describir las ventajas y limitaciones de los modelos de PNT de mesoescala. 2. Describir la relación entre el espaciado de malla y la resolución para los modelos de PNT. 3. Describir las ventajas y desventajas de aumentar la resolución del modelo. 4. Describir el equilibrio hidrostático y cómo los modelos de PNT hidrostáticos difieren de los no hidrostáticos. 5. Definir los esquemas de coordenadas verticales Eta, sigma y de presión, y describir sus respectivas ventajas. 6. Definir la parametrización y describir los beneficios de su uso en los modelos de PNT. 7. Enumerar al menos tres procesos que suelen parametrizarse. 8. Describir los conceptos de modelo de área limitada, fase de inicialización y arranque en caliente, así como la relación que existe entre ellos. 9. Describir los beneficios y las limitaciones del arranque en caliente.

mesoscale, model, numerical weather prediction, NWP, resolution, horizontal, vertical, grid spacing, grid-point models, spectral models, sigma, coordinate system, hydrostatic, non-hydrostatic, parameterization, scheme, boundary conditions, initialization, spin-up, warm start, cold start, data assimilation, topography, coastlines