1. 2006 NWA Annual Meeting Using COMET ® Modules as Educational and Continuing Education Opportunities Using COMET ® Modules as Educational and Continuing Education Opportunities Liz Page UCAR/COMET NWA Secretary 15 October 2006

2. Overview  New Learning Modules on MetEd  MetEd Registration and Assessment System –Recertification (NWA Seal and AMS CBM)  MetEd Broadcaster Community Website  Module Translations

4. New Modules  Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment  Skew-T Mastery  Landfalling Fronts and Cyclones  Conceptual Models of Tropical Waves  Space Weather Basics

5. Remote Sensing  Microwave Remote Sensing Overview  Microwave Remote Sensing: Clouds, Precipitation, and Water Vapor  Advances in Microwave Remote Sensing: Ocean Wind Speed and Direction  Lectures on Radar Applications in Mesoscale Meteorology  Dynamic Feature Identification: The Satellite Palette

6. Numerical Weather Prediction  Ensemble Prediction System Matrix: Characteristics of Operational Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS)  The NCEP NAM WRF Model

7. Hydrology  Runoff Processes  Streamflow Routing  Unit Hydrograph Theory  Understanding the Hydrologic Cycle

8. Coastal and Marine  Rip Currents: Forecasting  Shallow Water Waves  Marine Wave Model Matrix  Wave Life Cycle II: Propagation & Dispersion  Introduction to Ocean Tides

9. Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment  Designed for Weather Broadcasters  Watersheds as our environmental home  Relationship between the weather and the health and protection of the environment

10. Skew-T Mastery  Thermodynamic properties, convective parameters, stability assessment, and forecast applications  Interactive Web-based skew-T diagram that calculates common forecast parameters

11. Landfalling Fronts and Cyclones  Focuses on the west coast of North America  Complex interaction of the wind field with topography  Resulting effects on nearshore winds and precipitation

12. Conceptual Models of Tropical Waves  Webcast by Horace Burton and Selvin Burton of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology  Dynamical characteristics and evolution  Vertical and horizontal structure  Typical weather changes  Methods of tracking

13. Space Weather Basics  Overview of space weather processes  Impacts on the Earth and human activities  Technology used in forecasting space weather events  Operations of NOAA's Space Environment Center (SEC)

14. Coming Soon  Flood Frequency Analysis  Winds in the Marine Boundary Layer (MBL): A Forecaster's Guide  Marine Forecast Customer  Microwave Remote Sensing: Land and Ocean Surface

15. MetEd Registration and Assessment  Register for a course  Access the module  Take the quiz  Receive a completion certificate for that course  Viewing transcripts of all your courses  All information is kept confidential and is password protected

18. Recertification NWA Seal  Recertification is required every 3 years  COMET modules can be used to meet professional development requirements

19. Recertification AMS CBM  28 Professional Development Score (PDS) points required over a continuous five- year period  COMET module points –0.500 point per module completed with a 0 or 1 difficulty rating –1.00 point per module completed with a 2 difficulty rating –1.25 point per module completed with a 3 difficulty rating –Maximum 16 points per 5 year period

24. Translations  Selected modules have been translated into –Spanish –French –Russian

25. Summary  Number of Modules on MetEd continues to expand  MetEd Registration and Assessment System - great way to track your training –Recertification (NWA Seal and AMS CBM)  MetEd Broadcaster Community Website  Translated modules

26. http://meted.ucar.edu/