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Satellite Training Activities VISIT, SHyMet,
and WMO VLab Focus Group
Bernadette Connell
Cooperative Institute for Research in the AtmosphereColorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
NOAA Satellite Direct Readout Conference, 4-8 April 2011
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Virtual Institute for
Satellite Integration Training
Launched in 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/
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Focus on stand-alone sessions
• Satellite Meteorology• Severe Weather• Winter Weather• Tropical• Lightning• Climate• Numerical Weather Prediction• Fire Weather• Other
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Recent VISIT sessions - 2011
• Synthetic Imagery from the NSSL 4-km WRF-ARW model in forecasting Severe Thunderstorms
• Synthetic Imagery in Forecasting Orographic Cirrus
• Objective Satellite-Based Overshooting Top and Enhanced-V Anvil Thermal Couplet Signature Detection
• Volcanoes and Volcanic Ash Part 2for various Coastal Effects
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VISIT “statistics”
For the period:
April 1999 – March 2011
94 Training topics
1564 Teletraining sessions delivered
23,481 Participants
5496 Web-based registrations via LMS (since 2005)
CIRA: Dan Bikos, Jeff BraunCIMSS: Scott Bachmeier,
Scott Lindstrom
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Satellite Hydrology and Meteorology
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/
COURSES dedicated to operational satellite meteorology
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Currently available releasedSevere Thunderstorm March 2011Tropical August 2010Forecasters January 2010Interns April 2006
On the horizon:AviationHydrology
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GOES-R Proving Ground Activities
Opportunities• Incorporate GOES-R information
and products • Whole modules or applicable
examples• Blog (CIRA and CIMSS)• Encourage dialogue and feedback
between developers and users.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/proving-ground.html
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WMO Regional Focus Group Americas and the Caribbean
Organizers: CIRA, US NWS Training Branch, CIMSS, the International Desk at NCEP, RTC in Costa Rica and Barbados
Participants: Antigua, Argentina, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherland Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Paraguay, Trinidad, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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largest session: 40 users logged into VISITview, 30 users logged into Yahoo Messenger
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/rmtc/focusgroup.asp
VISITview browser mode
Yahoo Messenger
Bi-lingual: English and Spanish
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KEYS TO SUCCESSMotivationDistribute the workload Cooperation and CollaborationInput – experts and usersNative LanguageBuild capacity
.. also true for VISIT and SHyMet activities
Vlab Focus Group
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Number of Countries Participating in Focus Group Sessions
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Notes on participation
Participation when coordinated with “events”• Face to Face training• Significant weather eventPersistent participation • Students, Intern forecasters• Trainers• Enthusiasts Recurring intermittent participants • Trainers, seasoned observers, experts
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What imagery/tool/approach is needed for training and for forecasting?
• Depends on the audience, their availability, and perspectives.
• Some are “ageless”• Simple is good.