The National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC) in Kansas City, the Operational Support Facility Operations Training Branch (OSF/OTB) in Norman, and the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET®) in Boulder recently established a meteorology education and training (Meted) Website:
http://meted.ucar.edu
The NWSTC provides federal agencies with job-specific training in the areas of engineering and electronics, hydrometeorology, and management. The OSF/OTB provides government meteorologists with training for WSR-88D Doppler radar operations, training, and documentation on radar product upgrades, and supports technology transfer of multi-sensor applications to modernized NWS workstations. The COMET Program serves as a resource that fosters the communication and application of scientific knowledge of the atmospheric and related sciences for the operational and educational communities. This Website is the principal location for all Web-based materials produced by the three training programs as well as information on their training and education activities. Current Website offerings include modules on mesoscale convective systems, forecasting aviation icing, hydrology for the meteorologist, and remote sensing using the GOES sounder. All three training centers will be making additions to the joint Meted Website in the area of forecasting severe convection and also in other areas such as aviation weather forecasting in the coming months