COMET^® Climate Variability Workshop Home Page 07-1
1 - 3 May 2007
Boulder, CO

Welcome to the Climate Variability Workshop at COMET!

This three-day Climate Variability Workshop is the residence component of the Climate Services Professional Development Series (Climate PDS).  The course is designed for NWS WFO and RFC Climate Focal Points and has the goal of raising their level of understanding of various climate variability topics. The course will provide extensive background training in the following areas:

• The difference between climate and weather
• Statistical techniques used in climate studies, including analyses of local climatology
• Dynamics, physical mechanisms, and impacts of climate variability phenomena, including El Niño / La Niña, Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO), tropical forcing, and teleconnection indices
• The science behind and limitations of Climate Prediction Center (CPC) climate prediction products
• The physical and feedback mechanisms involved in global climate change

The objective of this residence training is to equip the NWS Climate Focal Points with additional scientific knowledge needed to better establish NWS local offices as local climate services resources. This course is complementary to the Operational Climate Services course that targets developing operational skills. Prior to attending the residence portion of the Climate Variability residence course, attendees are expected to complete important prerequisites, including attending the Operational Climate Services course.

Additional information about the course and prerequisites are available at this URL: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/csd/pds/ClimateVar/ClimateVariability.htm

Webcasts of lectures from previous versions of this class are available online.

TRAVEL/PRE-COURSE INFORMATION

• Travel Authorization Code is 20-02-0000-06-93-00-00 E8M5J10 P5M. You are now required to send in the front page of your travel orders and the front page of your final voucher either by e-mail to: orlando.epps@noaa.gov or by fax to: 301-713-1598 ATTN Orlando Epps.
• Participant Registration
• Logistical Information
• Prerequisites
• Students  
• Instructors
• Directions to COMET
• Climate PDS
• Class Photo

COURSE SCHEDULE

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