Satellite Meteorology Training Checklist

Customize this partial list of available training to meet your local office needs
(Created 4/29/99 - Updated 2/25/00)

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COMET CD-ROM Modules (Primarily concerned with Satellite Training)
       Available on station, see Satellite Focal Point or SOO for the location of the modules.

Priority   Completion Date
  Satellite Meteorology: Remote Sensing Using the New GOES Imager  
  Satellite Meteorology: Case Studies Using GOES Imager Data   
  Satellite Meteorology: Using the GOES Sounder  
  Review of GOES IR Imagery Including Winter and Icing Applications  

Online Satellite Training

CIMSS - University of Wisconsin/Madison

  GOES Sounder Training Module  
  Water Vapor Imagery Tutorial  

CIRA - Colorado State University/Ft. Collins

  GOES Basics Training Module  
  GOES Imager Tutorial  
  Advanced GOES Imagery Applications Tutorial  
  3.9 Micron Channel Training Module  
  A Lake Effect Snow Case Study (emphasizing satellite & sounding data)  
  Using Satellite Data for 4 July Moberly Tornado (Case study emphasizing satellite data)  

COMET (See COMET Satellite Meteorology Home page)

  Radiative Transfer Info Page  
  Meteorological Sounders Info Page  
  GOES Imager "Short Course"  
  Aviation & Marine Applications Training Module  
  Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster, Module 1: Introduction and Background  
  Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster, Module 2: Microwave Products and Applications  
  Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster, Module 3: Case Studies  
   Selected Presentations from the SatMet Class   
  The Era of GOES-8 and Beyond by James Purdom  
  Integration of Satellite and Radar Data by Daphne Zaras  
  Water Vapor Imagery (6.7 micron) by Stan Kidder  
  GOES Imagery for Alaska Workshop by Stan Kidder  
  Aviation and Marine Applications by Gary Ellrod  
  Polar Satellite Images by Gary Hufford  
  Meteorological Sounders: Radiative Transfer and Meteorological Sounders Presentation, Bob Rabin, et al.  
  GOES Imager Channels with Emphasis on the 3.9 micron Channel by Jack Dostalek  
  Mesoscale Cloud Climatology by Ken Gould  
  Multi-channel Analysis - Using GOES Imagery to Forecast a High Plains Spring Storm (4 April 1997)  
  Multi-spectral Analysis of Convection, by Jim LaDue  
  AWIPS Requirements: GOES Imagery and Quantitative Products  
  AWIPS Satellite Imagery  
  Satellite-derived Wind Products  
  GOES Imager/Sounder Calibration and Image Quality  
  Tropical Applications  
  GOES Status & Product Assessment Plan  
  Precipitation Forecasting  
  Aviation and Marine Applications  

IST PDS & Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) Presentations (Teletraining and Web)

  Low-level Thunderstorm Outflow (LTO) Boundaries at Night  
  The Enhanced-V Cloud Top Signature  
  Using GOES Enhancement Color Tables in AWIPS  
  Using GOES Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) Imagery in AWIPS  
  Using AWIPS to Detect Surfacel Boundaries - Session 1  
  Diagnosis of Elevated Mesoscale Ascent: The Midland TX Heavy Snow Event  

NESDIS

  Basics of Satellite Remote Sensing Training Module  
  Satellite Imagery Interpretation Examples  
  Application of GOES Satellite Soundings in Pre-Convective Environments for Severe Weather Forecasting  
  GOES-8 Satellite Soundings Analysis of Central Florida Tornado Event - 2/22/98 -  2/23/98  
  NOAA GOES-8 Satellite Soundings Analysis of Jarrell, Texas Tornado Event - 5/27/97  
   Short Course on Satellite Meteorology (from AMS 78th Annual Meeting)   
     

More Online Satellite Training Material

  Image of the Day Satellite Interpretation Discussion from CIRA  
  CIMSS GOES Gallery of Interesting Cases  

Miscellaneous Satellite Reading Material

   Images in Weather Forecasting. Bader, et al  
   Satellite Meteorology Introduction. Stanley Kidder and Thomas vonder Haar