Polar Satellite (POES) Teletraining

Student Guide for

"An Introduction to POES Data and Products"

Session Presented by

Stan Kidder (CIRA/CSU)

Other Contributors:

Patrick Dills (UCAR-COMET)
 

1) Introduction
    The material in this session is designed to provide introductory information about POES data and products.
2) Prerequisites
  • None
3) Teletraining Installation Instructions


4) Training Session Options
    A.) The interactive VISITview training session. (To be used with a VISIT instructor leading the session ). Students click here to signup for teletraining. The session will last 1 hour 30 minutes. This teletraining session uses the VISITview software, where Windows PC (with 64 MB RAM or greater) with an Internet connection is needed as well as a separate telephone line for the conference call happens at the same time as part of the teletraining session.

    B.) Web-based training session - a "stand alone" version viewed via a Web browser. This lesson version may be viewed at any time. These slides are ideal for printing from the web-browser, just print preview first to choose portrait or landscape mode.

    C.) Web-based Visitview session - This version uses the VISITview software within a Web browser, may be viewed at any time. It retains all the functionality of the VISITview software which you see in a "live" teletraining session. Talking points are within the audio playback lesson version.

    D.) local Visitview session - This is the same version of the lesson used in a "live" VISITview teletraining session, but no connection is made to an external VISITview server. You may download the file off this page and go through the lesson on your own in "local mode" by starting the "visitlocal.bat" file. Talking points are within the audio playback lesson version.

    E.) Audio playback - This VISITview file contains recorded audio and annotations and be taken at anytime. Certificates of completion for NOAA employees can be obtained through your Science Operation Officer or training point of contact. For detailed information on how to view the recorded session click here.

    Download the audio playback file (it is about 66 MB in size) from the following site(s):

    For Windows computers: ftp://ftp.cira.colostate.edu/bikos/visit/audio/intropoesaudio.exe

    For non-Windows computers: ftp://ftp.cira.colostate.edu/bikos/visit/audio/intropoesaudio.zip


5) References (Web links) and Bibliography


6) Train the trainer (not yet available)

    Talking points (not yet available) - these may be used by local offices to explain important points in the session. They consist of instructor notes and tips that would allow a person to run the teletraining session in local mode to an in-house audience. It is important that a person attend the teletraining session before attempting to give the training locally.


7) Information contacts

Last Updated  07 June 2002

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