Monday, 1 March : (Optional Tutorial Begins at 1:30PM)
| Workstation Orientations | - |
| Workstation Orientation--GARP and AWIPS | Kiessling/Page |
| Practice Session--GARP | - |
| Practice Session--AWIPS | - |
| Workstation Orientation--RAMSDIS-X | Todd Smith/Watson |
| Practice Session--RAMSDIS-X | - |
Tuesday, 2 March : (Class Officially Begins at 8:30AM)
| Welcome to SatMet Class | Byrd/Mostek |
| Introduction | Kidder |
| Review of NWS Integrated Sensor Training (IST) Program - IST Professional Development Series (IST) |
Mostek |
| Radiative Transfer | Rabin (CIMSS) |
| Map Discussion Approach followed by Map Discussion | Moore/Mostek |
| Radiative Transfer continued | Rabin |
| Laboratory Exercise : Radiative Transfer (1.5h) | Rabin/Kidder |
| SatMet Virtual Classroom -- Access to COMET Resources |
Mostek/Page |
Wednesday, 3 March : (Classes Begin at 8:00AM Throughout the Course)
| Meteorological Sounders -Retrieval Methods -Soundings and Derived Products |
Rabin |
| Laboratory Exercise : Soundings/Derived Products (1.5h) | Kidder |
| GOES Imager Channels -Spectral Bands -Enhancements -Multichannel Applications with Focus on the Shortwave IR Channel |
Dostalek (CIRA) |
| Map Discussion | Moore |
| Laboratory Exercise: GOES Image Observation/Interpretation | Dostalek |
| Mesoscale Cloud Climatology | Gould |
Thursday, 4 March :
| -GOES Status
& Product Assessment Plan -GOES Data Assessment Programs |
Gurka (OM) |
| Water Vapor Imagery | Kidder |
| Laboratory Exercise : Water Vapor Imagery | Kidder/Mostek |
| Class Picture | All Participants |
| Map Discussion | Moore |
| Precipitation Forecasting | Gurka |
Friday, 5 March :
| Precipitation Forecasting (cont) | Gurka |
| Laboratory Exercise : QPF (2.0h) | Gurka |
| GOES Imager/Sounder Calibration and Image Quality | Hillger (CIRA) |
| The Ft. Collins Flood - (Special lunch seminar) | Weaver (CIRA) |
| Map Discussion | Moore |
| Nowcasting Convection and Severe Weather | Weaver |
| Multi-spectral Analysis of Convection | LaDue (OTB) |
| MidCourse Review | Kidder |
Weekend - Study for Quiz
Monday, 8 March:
| Case Study I | Weaver |
| Multi-channel Analysis - 4 April 1997 High Plains Storm | Moore - Spokane |
| Map Discussion | Moore |
| Planning On-station Training- -SatMet Virtual Classroom |
Mostek/Moore/Kidder |
| Satellite Data, Products/Information on the Net | Kidder |
| Laboratory Exercise : Network Resources & HTML | Kidder |
Tuesday, 9 March :
| AWIPS Requirements:
GOES Imagery and Quantitative Products -Applications & Interpretation: Part 3 |
Gray (NESDIS) |
| AWIPS Satellite Imagery* | Motta (CIRA) |
| Using
Satellite Data in AWIPS * NWS Western Region AWIPS Page |
Schrab (NWS/WR) |
| Map Discussion | Moore |
| Satellite-derived Wind Products | Gray |
| Using AWIPS for Multi-source Data Displays Lab | Motta/Schrab/Mostek |
| Review for Quiz | Kidder |
Wednesday, 10 March :
Quiz
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