COMET Executive Board Meeting
5-6 June 2012
FY12 Director’s
Report
2
Executive Board Agenda – 5 June
12:00
Lunch served in meeting room
12:15
Module demonstrations from past year
13:15
Break
13:30
Director’s Report
Spangler
14:45
NWS Briefing
Caldwell
15:15
Break
15:30
Discussion of budget implications and
options
17:00
Adjourn (group photo)
17:30 – 18:30
18:30
COMET staff
Spangler
Venus Transit Viewing in Mesa Lab parking
lot
Reception at Mesa Laboratory
3
Executive Board Agenda – 6 June
08:00
UCAR and Agency briefings
(10-15 minutes each)
9:30
FY2013 COMET Program Plan
9:45
Open discussion
10:15
Break
10:30
Report on COMET Advisory Panel meeting
Carey
11:00
Wrap-up, parking lot issues
Mauriello
11:30
Executive Session: Board only with
Tom Bogdan and Hanne Mauriello
Mauriello
12:15
De-brief and adjourn
Spangler
4
Advisory Panel
Role
Promote
maintenance
of high
scientific and
professional
standards
Review and
advise on the
policies,
instructional
programs,
and priorities
of the
COMET
Program
Prepare an
annual
evaluation of
the COMET
Program and
provide
recommenda
tions
Recommend
candidates
for membersat-large
Review the
COMET
Program Plan
The Panel
meets at
least once a
year
5
Advisory Panel Members
Dr. Jennifer Alexander
University Representative
Mr. Stephen Augustyn
AFWA Representative
Mr. Dan Banks
NAVY Representative
Dr. Jeff Basara
University Representative
Mr. Kenneth Carey, Chair
Private Sector Representative
Dr. Vilma Castro
At-Large Representative
Mr. Michael Evans
NWS Representative
Mr. Jaymie Gadal
MSC Representative
Dr. Andrew Gettleman
NCAR Representative
Dr. Doug Gillham
University Representative
Mr. James Gurka
NESDIS Representative
Lt. Col. Tricia Kobberdahl
AFWA Representative
Mr. Gary McWilliams
NPOESS Representative
Dr. Mohan Ramamurthy
UCP Representative
Dr. Steve Villachica
University Representative
6
Executive Board Role
Assist UCAR in
resolving major
Review status of
Program and
budgetary issues
regarding the
provide
recommendations relative role of
sponsors
Advise UCAR on
the selection of
the COMET
Director
Create
subcommittees as
needed
Hold at least one
meeting per year • i.e. Budget and
Priority
Subcommittee
7
Sponsors
and
Partners
US Government
• National Weather Service
• NESDIS
• Naval Meteorology and
Oceanography Command
• US Bureau of Reclamation
• Department of
Transportation
International
Other
• Meteorological Service of
Canada
• Australian Bureau of
Meteorology
• EUMETSAT
• World Meteorological
Organization
• National Environmental
Education Foundation
• NCAR
8
Award Winning Program
Finalist Recognition International
Science & Engineering Visualization
Challenge 2009
For Polar Lows Ungava Bay 01
December 2000
2004 Louis J. Battan Authors
Award, K-12 Category for
Hurricane Strike!™
Recognized with the 2010 Chief Learning
Officer Learning in Practice Certificate of
Merit for “Excellence in Content”
2009 National Weather Association
Public Education Award
2000 Hurricane Conference
Outstanding Achievement Award for
Community Hurricane Preparedness
American Geophysical Union
Excellence in Geophysical
Education Award 2006
2005 Honorable Mention in the
non-interactive media category of
the Science & Engineering
Visualization
Challenge
2008 NSF and the
Journal Science
International Science &
Engineering Visualization
Challenge: Semi-Finalist
Bronze Medal for
Boundary
Detection &
Convection Initiation
9
FY2011 Budget
Environment
May 2011
10
Significant Issues
Significant reductions in funding for program base costs: may
require fewer services, and more cost sharing
The MetEd website funding is stressed: may require
alternative sources of funding to sustain it into future years
COMET Outreach Program: NWS funding for collaboration
between the NWS offices and local universities is gone
Funding coordination: organizations that fund COMET could
do better at finding synergies and leveraging projects
11
Significant Issues
(continued)
Climate education: funding for climate-related modules very
limited, although FY2012 had several excellent projects
Societal Response: critical to success of weather forecasts,
but no prospects for COMET to develop distance learning
Changing technology: should COMET be adapting modules to
support mobile devices and tablet computers?
Support for Universities: COMET is exploring how to better
support the university community, our largest user group
National Weather Service new resources are reduced
12
Staff Changes
New President of UCAR,
Tom Bogdan
New Interim Director of
UCAR Community Programs,
Hanne Mauriello
New Deputy Director of COMET,
Pat Parrish
13
And, I am retiring…
in 2013
14
Director’s Office
Tim Spangler – Director
Elizabeth Lessard – Business Manager
COMET Organization
June 20, 2011
Lorrie Alberta
Michelle Harrison
Hildy Kane
Operations
Project Management
Cluster A
Cluster B
Cluster C
IT
Wendy Abshire
Greg Byrd
Pat Parrish
Tim Alberta
Media Development
Group
Bruce Muller
Patrick Dills
Lon Goldstein
Matt Kelsch
Dolores Kiessling
Arlene Laing
Amy Stevermer
Marianne Weingroff
Alan Bol
Bill Bua
Bryan Guarente
Dave Linder
Tsvet Ross-Lazarov
Elizabeth Page
Maria Frostic
Vickie Johnson
David Russi
Andrea Smith
Robert Bubon
Ken Kim
Mark Mulholland
Malte Winkler
Dan Riter
Carl Whitehurst
3D Animator
Graphic Designer
15
15
Director’s Office
Tim Spangler – Director
Pat Parrish – Deputy Director
Elizabeth Lessard – Business Manager
COMET Organization
May 1, 2012
Lorrie Alberta
Hildy Kane
Project Management
Cluster A
Cluster B
Wendy Abshire
Greg Byrd
Operations
IT
Tim Alberta
Media
Development Group
Bruce Muller
Patrick Dills
Maria Frostic
Lon Goldstein
Michelle Harrison
Matt Kelsch
Dolores Kiessling
Andrea Smith
Amy Stevermer
Marianne Weingroff
Alan Bol
Bill Bua
Bryan Guarente
Vickie Johnson
Arlene Laing
Dave Linder
Elizabeth Page
Tsvet Ross-Lazarov
Robert Bubon
Ken Kim
Mark Mulholland
Malte Winkler
 Student Assistant:
 Victor Taberski
 Chris Webber
Steve Deyo
Dave Russi
Dan Riter
Carl Whitehurst
16
Program Output
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1990-92
1995-98
Staff
2003-05
2012
Hrs/yr
17
Staff Productivity
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1990-92
1995-98
2003-05
2012
Module hours per staff member
18
FY12 Review and
Summary
19
New MetEd Features
Spotter Information
Supervisor page
Rating system
(proposed)
Teacher page
MetEd is
communicating
with DOC LMS
Improved site
Search
20
20
Queue, Quiz Score, Share Score
21
My MetEd: Personal, Sharable Training Records
22
Supervisor (Report Accounts) Page
My MetEd
Individual
information
Download
complete
set of
records
23
K-12 Teacher’s Page
Student
Accounts
24
FY12 Expected Accomplishments
All projected
accomplishments
are estimates
based on project
status as of
1 June.
46+ hours of new
module content
anticipated
Support for ESRC
and NWP Models
Matrix
27+ hours of
updates and
adaptations
47 hours of
Translations
PDS development
support (Hydro,
USBR, Aviation,
Marine)
Virtual and
Residence
Courses
25
FY12 Accomplishments
Infuse satellite data into 22 new modules
2 week Winter Weather Residence Course (funded by
MSC)
3 day Flash Flood/QPE Residence Course
WMO/COMET Train the Trainer Workshop for online
course delivery
26
FY12 Accomplishments
Advanced Climate Variability and Change Residence
Course
Climate Variability and Change Virtual Course (and
potential offering late Summer)
Support for online Aeronautical Continuing Professional
Development course (CIMH) – virtual course
Satellite Science Week Meetings (held in Kansas City,
COMET assisted in coordination)
27
Particular Successes in FY12
Flash Flood
Hydrology and
QPE residence
course scored
second
consecutive 5.0
out of 5.0
Published NWP
Course 2: Using
and Adding
Value to NWP in
the Forecast
Process
Produced two
short, just-intime NWP
Training Videos
for model
implementations
(NAM-NMM,
Rapid Refresh)
Published
Volcanic Ash:
Science,
Impacts, and
Forecasting
Course
(Aviation)
Completed 2nd
edition of
Tropical
Textbook with
new chapter and
full Spanish
translation
Biggest success was absorbing loss of 9 staff,
moving forward strategically, and enhancing
productivity
28
More Successes
S-290, Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior Course:
1,888 certificates of completion issued in 2011
Skywarn Spotter Training Course:
2308 course completions since Sept. 2011
29
Module Updates
Using NWS funding we are completing major
updates of:
Wind and Waves DL Course
Space Weather Basics
Anticipating Hazardous Weather
No new NWS module update funding expected
in FY13
Satellite sponsors are funding numerous updates
to existing modules
30
30
Bureau of Reclamation
New CA with DOI/USBR
began in FY11 (partners
include USACE, USGS, NOAA,
EPA, Denver Water, Seattle
Public Utilities, and RISAs)
Initial Perceptions
• Initiating new projects with US Bureau of
Reclamation as lead agency
• Curriculum Development Effort
• Prerequisite DL Module
• Two Residence Courses in FY13 (Surface
hydrology and Agricultural foci)
• Great interest and need!
• Initial challenge to engage extensive water
community beyond USBR
• Off to a great start
• Ambitious timeline
31
COMET Modules by Topic
as of 4 May 2012
Modules may be
double counted
because they appear
in multiple categories
Topic
Modules
New Hours for
FY12
Approximate
Content Hours
Aviation Weather
50
3
127
Climate
33
8.25
49
Coastal Weather
27
-
43
Convective Weather
35
-
97
Emergency
Management
29
12
81
Environment & Society
31
14
71
Fire Weather
44
-
57
Fog & Low Stratus
31
3
70
Hydrology/Flooding
72
10.50
109
Marine
Meteorology/Oceans
59
17.0
108
Mesoscale Meteorology
37
3
84
Mountain Meteorology
20
-
51
NWP (Modeling)
79
1
147
Other
34
7.5
76
QPF (Precipitation)
23
2.25
34
Radar Meteorology
8
3
20
Satellite Meteorology
97
12.50
146
Space Weather
4
1
9
Tropical/Hurricane
49
4.25
102
Winter Weather
44
1.25
95
32
International Activities
US funded VCP and DOT projects
International funded projects by
Canada, Australia, EUMETSAT, and
WMO
33
Safe Skies for Africa
Develop and adapt aeronautical meteorology training for African forecasters to meet
WMO competencies qualification requirements by November 2013
Phase 1 (2012):
Define Goals and Methods,
Produce Initial Education and
Training
• Consult with stakeholders to identify training gaps
• Develop plan to enhance African aeronautical meteorological
training
• Adapt priority training resources and publish preliminary version of
African Review of Aeronautical Meteorology Distance Learning
(RAMDL) course
Phase 2 (2013):
Refinement of the African RAMDL
Course
• Complete adaptations and develop additional RAMDL content
• Begin French translations of high priority modules
• Develop African RAMDL case studies
• Begin developing instructor resources for residence and DL courses
at RTCs
Phase 3 (2014):
Publish Revised RAMDL,
Facilitation, Implementation
• Publish final version of African RAMDL course: ~60 hours
• Complete French translations of key modules
• Help organize and facilitate a test online RAMDL-based courses
• Complete instructor guides for African RAMDL course
• Disseminate training/performance support using mobile learning
strategies
34
Africa
India
35
Two relevant natural disasters
Iceland Volcano, May 2010
Japan Tsunami , March 2011
36
COMET Responds
Volcanic Ash DL Course, July 2011
Community Tsunami Preparedness,
December 2011
37
Strategic Plan
2011 - 2015
38
The COMET Vision:
In 2020, COMET will continue to be a highly respected, world-wide leader in
support of education and training for the environmental sciences, delivering
scientifically relevant and instructionally progressive products and services.
Mission:
The COMET Program creates environmental science education and training in
support of a diverse community of users by offering the following products and
services:
Media-rich,
interactive multilingual distance
learning
Web-based
synchronous
courses
The MetEd
website with user
tracking and
assessment
system
Residence
courses,
workshops and
meetings
Small grants
program
(Outreach)
Leadership and
consultation in
science education
and training
39
Strategic
Goals:
Science
Goal 1.0:
Develop and deliver sound, relevant environmental science education
and training that meets the needs of our sponsors and users
Instruction and Technology
Goal 2.0:
Develop and deliver innovative and cost-effective products and services
Relationships and Audience
Goal 3.0:
Nurture existing alliances and develop new relationships to assist
COMET partners in achieving their goals
Sponsorship/Organizational Needs
Goal 4.0:
Ensure program stability
40
Metrics
41
As of 4 June 2012
Total
Registration
231,350
5,000 New
Registrants
per month
Total US
Universities
1,461
MetEd
Statistics
Total
International
Users 77,991
Total
Countries
200
42
Module Content By Year
43
MetEd Registration Stats for 04/2012
Month
Total
5,833
225,441
New Countries / Total Countries Represented:
1
258
New Universities / Total Universities
Represented:
16
1,447
Unique MetEd Users (> 1 minute) / Total Unique:
9,526
153,338
Module Sessions (> 1 minute):
35,850
1,168,519
52
52
Hours of Online Education:
31,189
1,038,482
Modules Downloaded:
3,811
122,554
Print Versions Accessed:
8,528
240,335
Quizzes Started:
10,907
264,093
Quizzes Completed:
9,913
229,088
Quizzes Passed:
8,939
207,418
New Registrants / Total Registered Users:
Reached 1 Million
hours of 75,920
1,758
Unique MetEd Users This Month: Online Education
11,911
New/Total International Registrants:
Avg Time Spent in Module (minutes):
44
Interesting things that we ought to know
MetEd Site Statistics for non-module pages for one month of May
based on Google Analytics report
2011
2012
140,350 visits
216,682
115,000 unique visitors
175,693
2.65 average pages visited per
session > users are getting to
the modules quickly
Top referral sites
2011
2012
90% google.com
90%
-
2.5%
lafdtraining.org
(LA Fire
Department)
2%
training.nwcg.gov
2.4%
training.nwcg.gov
1% training.fema.gov
1%
1% nrlmry.navy.mil
1%
-
1%
swpc.noaa.gov
2.71
Language based on users’ browser settings
2011
2012
64% English
61%
24% Spanish
28%
2% Portuguese
2%
1% German, French, Chinese
same
% every other language
same
45
Interesting things that we ought to know
(as of May 2012)
Most viewed module description
page:
Quality Management Systems:
Implementation in Meteorological
Services
(https://www.meted.ucar.edu/traini
ng_module.php?id=869)
Most viewed DL course description
page:
S-290 DL course page
(https://www.meted.ucar.edu/traini
ng_course.php?id=14)
46
47
SKYWARN Spotter Statistics
for March 2012
SKYWARN SPOTTER TRAINING COURSE
Published on MetEd: 9/1/2011
Current Month
Total
Number enrolled*
844
3,257
Course completions
566
2,308
Indicated NWS Spotter
interest
644
2,377
*Course enrollment only. Individual modules receive
much higher usage
48
Role of the SKYWARN Spotter
Current month
Total
SKYWARN Spotter Convective Basics
Current month
Total
NOAA
34
138
28
123
U.S. Department of
Defense
0
0
0
0
Environment Canada
0
4
0
5
Education
83
447
83
501
Other U.S. Government
12
78
5
60
U.S. State or Local Gov
146
733
131
587
U.S. Private Sector
55
282
41
248
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
5
Weather enthusiast
557
1,829
465
1,511
Other
232
880
202
766
Environmental Protection
Agency
United States Geological
Survey
Bureau of Meteorology
(Australia)
International
Meteorological Services
UCAR
49
Total Registrants by Affiliation
(with Education/Other)
29 January 2007 - 30 April 2012
50
Total Registrants by Affiliation
(without Education/Other)
29 January 2007 - 30 April 2012
51
Module Access Statistics
1 May 2010 –
30 April 2011
1 May 2011 –
30 April 2012
54
54
Number of Print Versions
69,390
64,186
Number of Downloads
30,541
29,029
Number of Quizzes
Completed
64,016
82,974
Average Time in Module in
minutes
52
User Sessions
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
53
The MetEd website has become the single most
important resource for agencies, universities, and
professional societies to reach environmental
forecasters, emergency managers, faculty, and
students in the atmospheric sciences.
54
Top 10 Modules
1 May 2010 – 30 April 2011
Modules
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
Sessions
Modules
Sessions
1
Community Hurricane Preparedness,
2nd Edition
11,214
Hurricane Strike!
11,954
2
Skew-T Mastery
10,777
Skew-T Mastery
10,202
3
Hurricane Strike!
9,771
4
Anticipating Hazardous Weather and
Community Risk
8,709
5
S-290 Unit 1: The Fire Environment
5,707
Role of the Skywarn Spotter
6,783
6
S-290 Unit 6: Atmospheric Stability
5,423
Skywarn Spotter Convective Basics
6,487
7
Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces
Together
4,042
Community Hurricane Preparedness,
2nd Edition
5,465
8
S-290 Unit 7: Wind Systems
3,672
S-290 Unit 6: Atmospheric Stability
4,590
9
S-290 Unit 2: Topographic Influences on
Wildland Fire Behavior
3,482
S-290 Unit 1: The Fire Environment
3,568
3,307
S-290 Unit 7: Wind Systems
3,567
10 S-290 Unit 3: Fuels
Anticipating Hazardous Weather and
Community Risk
Introduction to Tropical Meteorology,
Chapter 9: Observations, Analysis, and
Prediction
7,428
7,240
55
Total Registrants by NOAA Sub-Affiliation
29 January 2007 – 30 April 2012
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
419
National Marine Fisheries Service
106
National Ocean Service
323
National Weather Service
4,583
Office of Education
72
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
58
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
289
Other
438
Programming Planning and Integration
20
56
Sessions by NOAA Users
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
57
Sessions by NAVY Users
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
58
New Education Users by Sub-Affiliation
1 May 2010 –
30 April 2011
1 May 2011 –
30 April 2012
College/University/Faculty
2,004
1,788
College/University/Student
11,730
9,804
International/Faculty
346
327
International/Student
1049
752
K-12 Educator
1,277
1,099
K-12 Student
16,224
2,397
Other
1,474
1,243
Total
34,104
17,410
Sub-Affiliation
59
Sessions by Education Users
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
60
Agency Totals
1 May 2010 - 30 April 2011
1 May 2011 - 30 April 2012
Navy
5,066 user sessions
4,627 user sessions
Air Force
4,306 user sessions
3,828 user sessions
NOAA
23,504 user sessions
19,907 user sessions
On MetEd
Website
Does not include download and archive usage
61
Some Survey Responses for Atmospheric Dust
19 March 2012
What did you like most about this module or Webcast?
(Tell us about what you learned that was most interesting
and useful, how it will help you, and/or the aspects of its
design that you liked.)
“This was fantastically designed and very-well laid out. I think
the Air Force should take some advice from the MetEd
community and do more of their computer-based training in
this manner. The elaborate examples were key to
understanding dust transport and lifting. Stationed in Korea,
we do a lot of forecasting for dust exiting China--this module
was so great that I actually required my unit to open a MetEd
account and perform this training. Thanks!”
What did you like least about this module or Webcast?
How could it be improved?
“Perhaps add a bit more about the models used to forecast
dust events. I'd like to have access to some of the different
examples that were given. It's hard to visualize model output
with being able to see much.”
Would you recommend this module or Webcast to
others? Why or why not?
“Absolutely. There are 11 people in Korea that will have it
completed in the next week!”
62
User Comments
“Just a quick note to tell you how helpful
COMET is to many of us who need an
understanding of the many weather products.
Thank you.“
-Seven Seas Cruising Association CS Coordinator, April 2012
63
User Comments
I’m currently doing the Weather Radar Fundamentals module. I
just wanted to convey my thanks and am enjoying the
educational value of this new module. Radar is something that
has always been of interest, especially with my storm chasing
and to be perfectly honest I don’t chase storms by radar alone,
but this module has opened up a whole new aspect to what I
have been doing in the past and am grasping the concept much
to my delight. It will definitely aid my chasing next season.
-Storm Chasing & Lightning Photography, April 2012
64
Total Registrants by US State or
Local Gov’t Sub-Affiliations
29 January 2007 – 30 April 2012
65
Sessions by US State or Local Government
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
66
Total Registrants by Private Sector
Sub-Affiliations
29 January 2007 – 30 April 2012
67
Sessions by Private Sector Users
1 May 2011 - 30 April 2012
68
Sessions by International Users
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
69
Top 10 Spanish Module Usage by Country
1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012
1 May 2010 –
30 April 2011
1 May 2011 –
30 April 2012
Country
Sessions
Country
Sessions
Mexico
3,643
Mexico
4,188
Spain
3,115
Spain
3,103
Colombia
Chile
Argentina
Perú
United States
Ecuador
Venezuela
Honduras
1,467
1,326
1,121
1,110
842
504
467
425
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
Chile
Ecuador
United States
Guatemala
Honduras
2,032
1,397
1,225
1,030
678
631
597
580
70
FY11-F13 Spending Summary
FY11 Final
5,787,000 $
Spending Plan (Does not include Outreach)
$
Salaries
Benefits
Materials and Supplies
Purchased services (FY12 Includes NEEF)
Travel
PSC Travel
Equipment
UCAR Indirects and Management Fee
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
2,713,000
1,370,000
106,000
34,000
124,000
90,000
36,000
1,314,000
Total Expenditures
$
5,787,000 $
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
FY13 Projected (Prior
FY12
to Any Actions
5,210,000 $
5,385,000
2,400,000
1,205,000
112,000
130,000
148,000
40,000
13,000
1,162,000
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
2,406,000
1,263,000
97,000
88,000
130,000
47,000
16,000
1,338,000
5,210,000 $
5,385,000
71
FY11 – FY13 Budget Summary
Spending Plan
Funding Assumptions (does not include
Outreach Program)
NWS Base Funding
NWS NWP (Includes Postdoc in FY11)
NWS Module Updates (O&M)
NWS PNS Funding
NWS Aviation
NWS Hydrology
NWS IMET (Fire Weather)
NWS Climate (FY12 Funding Tentative)
NWS International Activities
NESDIS GOES (FY11 Includes Faculty Course)
NESDIS JPSS
NMOC
MSC (FY11 includes project acceleration and
Mtn. Wx contract)
Bureau of Reclamation ($75K Received for first
round of projects will be spent in FY13)
EUMETSAT
UCAR Climate Model Module
FAA Safe Skies
Bureau of Meteorology of Australia
One Time Projects (NWS NEEF, NWS Tsunami,
NSF, WMO, etc)
$
5,787,000 $
5,210,000 $
5,385,000
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,576,000
552,051
125,000
10,000
300,000
79,000
71,000
250,000
553,000
180,000
214,000
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,376,000
191,000
125,000
62,000
300,000
74,000
$
$
1,100,000
195,000
$
$
300,000
50,000
$
$
$
$
$
20,000
502,188
400,000
275,000
407,500
$
$
$
$
$
350,000
400,000
400,000
325,000
355,000 $
366,000
275,000
70,000
83,000
300,000
44,000
$
$
250,000
90,000
$
$
319,000
80,000
$
566,315 $
$
$
87,000 $
22,000 $
$
16,000 $
$
1,202,000 $
523,000 $
400,000
Total Funding
$
5,803,366 $
5,382,688 $
4,625,000
Balance
$
16,366 $
172,688 $
(760,000)
$
$
Outreach
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Outreach Program
Established to
bridge gap
between research
and operations
University
researchers team
with weather
service offices
Source of local
knowledge and
forecast
techniques
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Outreach Program (continued)
Cooperative Projects
Partners Projects
Multi-year
One year
Usually involves several university
researchers and several NWS staff
Usually one professor or laboratory
researcher and an operational forecaster
Typically focuses on:
Typically focuses on:
• Forecast tool development/testing
• Development of conceptual model, or
• Several smaller, regional forecasting
problems
• Case study of forecast problem, or
• Regional workshops
Average funding ~ $12,000
Average funding ~ $35,000 per year
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2012 Status
Regular Outreach Program
Partners Projects—
Funding for 5
Raised limit to $15K,
now allow 1 month faculty support
No Cooperative Projects
*Last RFP was 2009
G O E S - R P ro g ra m
Partners Projects—
Funded 8 projects
Can fund another 4
Cooperative Projects—Funded 3
projects
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FY12 Outreach Program
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FY12 GOES-R Projects
FY12 GOES-R Cooperative Proposals (2nd year of funding)
Hawaii GOES-R Test Bed for Satellite Aerosol Retrievals
Evapotranspiration Products in Operational Streamflow Forecasting
Evaluation of the GOES-R Proving Ground Convective Initiation
Products in the Plains
FY12 GOES-R Partners Projects (thus far)
The development of GOES-R GLM case studies for use in the AWC
operational setting
University
University of Hawaii
University of California—
Los Angeles
University of Nebraska—Lincoln
University
Univ. of Nebraska—Lincoln
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FY12 NWS Outreach Program
New Partners Projects
FY12 Partners Projects
A regional climatology of high impact wind events in the Saint
Lawrence and Champlain Valleys
Ensemble prediction of estuary set-up and set-down using
operational WRF winds and their error characteristics
Component 1: Error Analysis
Ensemble prediction of estuary set-up and set-down using
operational WRF winds and their error characteristics
Component 2: Hydrodynamic modeling
A Dry Thunderstorm Forecasting Index (DTFI)
Comparison of surface analysis techniques toward operational use
at the National Weather Service
University
McGill University
Florida Institute of
Technology
Florida Institute of
Technology
Desert Research Institute
Texas Tech University
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FY12 Outreach Program
Satellite Proving Ground workshop suggested new
coop funding on boundary layer applications
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Joplin, MO: 23 May 2011
The universities of the nation could be used to accelerate local and regional
understanding needed to make Weather Ready Nation and Warn On Forecast a
national success.
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Support for University Instruction
Submitted proposal to NSF:
3-year effort to develop online resources to more effectively support
university instruction in atmospheric and broader environmental
sciences
Supports 90,000+ education users
Targeted Courses:
 Introductory meteorology
 Synoptic/mesoscale meteorology
 Introductory environmental science or physical geography
 Introductory marine science or oceanography
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Support for University Instruction
Phase 1:
Infusion of Online
Materials into the
Curriculum
• Develop instructor’s guides
• Model course syllabus and matrix of online resources
• Supporting learning objects (LO), lab exercises and test
questions
• Involve faculty in the development process
Phase 2:
Develop Supporting
Learning Objects , Expert
Lectures and Website
Enhancements
• Develop LOs on challenging concepts
• Leverage dynamics learning objects effort
• Capture expert lectures for classroom use
• Enhance tools on MetEd
Phase 3:
Evaluation, Testing,
Dissemination, and
Support
• Engage faculty participants in testing and evaluation
• Test student knowledge gained from LOs
• Interview/survey instructors on utility of resources
• Report project outcomes
• Faculty to mentor colleagues
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Additional Support for
University Instruction
*will be used to fund base costs in FY13
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Questions?
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