Satellite
Orientation Pages

Welcome Letter

The Instructors

Initial Instructions

 Logistical
Information Homepage

Participant Questionnaire

Prerequisites

Course Overview

Course Goals

Course Components

Teaching Laboratory

Course Outline

Reference List

Satellite Meteorology Orientation Manual

Course Prerequisites

1. COMET Training Module
   
   
   • Satellite Meteorology I, II, III
     
     
2. Review the information found on the SatMet Home Page including the schedule outline, the POES modules and the CIRA Tutorials on GOES 
   
   
3. Reference List 
   
   
4. Additional Recommended Readings from Bader, M.J., G.S. Forbes, J.R. Grant, R.B.E. Lilley, and A.J. Waters, 1995: Images in Weather Forecasting. University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain, 499 pp.*
   
   
   1. Section 3.2: Interpreting Patterns Of Cirriform Clouds
      
      
   2. Section 3.4: Interpreting Features Associated With Baroclinic Troughs
      
      
   3. Section 4.3: Warm Fronts
      
      
   4. Section 5.1: Cloud Signatures Preceding Cyclogenesis
      
      
   5. Section 6.4: Thunderstorm Outflow And Convection Interaction
      
      
   6. Section 7.1: Radiation Fog And Stratus
      
      
   7. Section 8.1: Clouds Generated by Mountains

    

*This book should have been distributed to all NWS Offices.  If you do not have a copy, please contact the Office of Meteorology. 

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