COMET
We will supplement readings by using COMET training modules developed by scientists to educate students and forecasters alike on concepts important to geosciences including meteorology. I will advise that we complete COMET modules to supplement lecture and reading material. I will not ask you any questions that come solely from COMET material though. Please note that you will have to create an account with MetEd and login to access these modules.
Suggested schedule
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4-5
Week 6
Week 8
Fire Meteorology and Microclimate
Pacific Northwest Weather
We will supplement readings by using COMET training modules developed by scientists to educate students and forecasters alike on concepts important to geosciences including meteorology. I will advise that we complete COMET modules to supplement lecture and reading material. I will not ask you any questions that come solely from COMET material though. Please note that you will have to create an account with MetEd and login to access these modules.
Suggested schedule
Week 1
- Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk: Forecasting http://www.meted.ucar.edu/emgmt/hazwx/index.htm
- Remote Sensing Using Satellites: Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/
Week 2
- Basic Weather Processes : “The Atmosphere” http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s290/unit4/
Week 3
- Basic Weather Processes: “Heat”, “Temperature” and “Radiation” http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s290/unit4/
- Climate Change: Greenhouse Effect http://www.meted.ucar.edu/broadcastmet/climate/content/sec01_01c.htm
Week 4-5
- Temperature and Relative Humidity Relationships http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s290/unit5
- Basic Weather Processes: “Pressure” http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s290/unit4/
- Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk: Weather/Synoptic Scale http://www.meted.ucar.edu/emgmt/hazwx/index.htm
Week 6
- Skew-T Mastery http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/skewt/
Week 8
- Wind Systems: Intro & General Winds, and Local Winds http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s290/unit7/
- Definition of the Mesoscale http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/mesodefn/index.htm
Fire Meteorology and Microclimate
- Critical Fire Weather Winds http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s290/unit7/
- Lightning, Critical Fire Weather Patterns http://www.meted.ucar.edu/fire/s591/climatology/
- Thermally Forced Circulation II: Mountain/Valley Breezes http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/mtnval/index.htm
Pacific Northwest Weather
- Cold Air Damming http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/cad/index.htm
- Mountain Waves http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/mtnwave/index.htm
- Landfalling Frontal System http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/lff/index.htm