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National and International
Training Highlights
Bernie Connell
RAMMB
Training
• National
– VISIT
– SHyMet
• International
– Partnership with RMTCs in Costa Rica
and Barbados
– Training Events
– Monthly International Weather
Discussions
• Training for GOES-R/NPOESS
Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration
Training
– established 1998
Mission: To accelerate the transfer of
research results from atmospheric
remote sensing into NWS operations
Method: Distance education techniques
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/visithome.asp
VISITview
• Teletraining and real-time collaboration tool
• Connects instructor(s) to many students via
internet
• Voice through telephone
• Capability to record voice
and “annotations” for
synchronized playback
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/visitview/
VISIT sessions by topic
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(53 total sessions)
Satellite Meteorology
Severe Weather
Winter Weather
Tropical
Lightning
Climate
Numerical Weather Prediction
Fire Weather
Other
VISIT “statistics”
CIRA: Dan Bikos, Jeff Braun
CIMSS: Scott Bachmeier
For the period:
April 1999 – June 2006
1048
Sessions have been offered
5423
NWS Offices have signed up
15,836
Certificates have been issued.
Satellite Hydrology
and Meteorology
A new course dedicated to operational satellite meteorology
Main Objective: To prepare NOAA and NWS users for the latest
polar orbiting and geostationary satellite data and products in the
warning and forecast process.
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/
SHyMet Intern Course
• Target Audience: NWS Interns
• Web-based instruction and teletraining
tracked through NOAA e-Learning
Management System (LMS)
• Primary Objective: To assure familiarity
with satellite imagery and products
available on AWIPS
• First Course Offering: Spring 2006
SHyMet Intern Topics
1. Understanding satellite imagery as
observation
A. Orientation
B. A Brief Overview of GOES: operations,
channels, and schedules (web module)
C. Satellite Meteorology: GOES Channel
Selection (web module)
D. Polar Satellite Products for the Operational
Forecaster, Module 1: POES Introduction and
Background (web module)
E. Sounder (teletraining)
SHyMet Intern Topics
2. Applications and case examples
A.
B.
C.
D.
Satellite winds (teletraining)
Cyclogenesis (teletraining)
Severe weather (teletraining)
Tropical (web module)
SHyMet “statistics”
April 1 through July 31, 2006
• 81 NOAA registered participants
representing ~45 NWS offices
• 8 Non-NOAA
• 31 individuals completed
• 29 Teletraining sessions offered April
through June (CIRA: Jeff Braun, Dan
Bikos; CIMSS: Scott Bachmeier)
SHyMet Plans
• Review feedback
• Conduct survey for input for next SHyMet
offering
• Offer SHyMet “Advanced”
International Training
• Close interaction with the Regional
Meteorological Training Centers (RMTCs)
in Costa Rica and Barbados since 1996
• Initial focus obtaining satellite imagery and
provide basic training.
• WMO sponsored 2-week training events
– Mitch Reconstruction Project in Central
America
• Live International Weather Briefings
• October 2006 – High Profile Training Event
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
WMO sponsored Regional Training Course on the Use of
Environmental Satellite Data in Meteorological Applications for
RA III and RA IV
Hosted by the RMTC of the University of Costa Rica in Costa
Rica
March 7-18, 2005
CIRA/RAMM personnel provided lectures/laboratories on the
following topics:
• interpretation of GOES and POES imagery and products
• products from meteorological sounders
• hyperspectral imagery
• identifying mesoscale weather features
• convection
• tropical weather systems
• volcanic ash detection and fire detection
INTERNATIONAL WEATHER
BRIEFINGS
Live weather briefings using RAMSDIS Online
through VISITview server at CIRA:
http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/vview/vmrmtcrso.html
voice through Yahoo Messenger
- Bi-lingual: English and Spanish
- Occur once a month
Participants: CIRA, COMET, CIMSS, the International Desk at
NCEP, SAB at NESDIS, Antigua, Argentina , Barbados, Bahamas,
Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana,Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/vview/vmrmtcrso.html
largest session: 40 users
logged into VISITview,
24 users logged into Yahoo
Messenger
GOES-R and NPOESS
on the horizon
• Short term – OUTREACH (advertising)
• Long term – TRAINING (real-time use)
– Leverage and build upon existing
programs: VISIT, SHyMet, COMET,
others
– Audience: National and International
Links
• VISIT
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/visithome.asp
• SHyMet
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/
• VISITview RAMSDIS Online
http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/vview/vmrmtcrso.html