MSC/COMET Winter Weather Course 09-1
20 October – 31 October 2008

Schedule
Week 1

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Sunday 19 Oct	Monday 20 Oct 0800	Tuesday 21 Oct 0800	Wednesday 22 Oct 0800	Thursday 23Oct 0800	Friday 24 Oct 0800	Saturday 25 Oct
	Welcome to COMET Harrison Course Overview Chadwick/Murtha/Wesley Quasi-Geostrophic Theory: A Review of Basic Concepts Gyakum Fronts and Jets: How We Analyze Them and Why Murtha	Isentropic Thinking Gyakum Introduction to the Potential Vorticity Framework Gyakum	Stability & Elevated Convection Baxter Jet Streak Circulations Baxter CLASS PHOTO Harrison	Winter Precipitation Types and Snow Microphysics Baumgardt VIS Lab Location: Mesa Lab	The Influence of Classical and Non-classical Frontal Structures on Significant Winter Weather Martin The Structural Evolution and Precipitation Distribution of Occluded Mid-latitude Cyclones Martin	Flat Irons Hike at 8:30 AM Chadwick *Purchase a lunch before the hike if you are coming to the picnic. Picnic Lunch Overlooking Boulder Chadwick
	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM meet in the Homewood Suites lobby for an ice melter, followed by dinner at the Cheesecake Factory	Wx Briefing Satellite Analysis & Diagnosis Chadwick Satellite Analysis & Diagnosis Lab Chadwick Introduction to NinJo Murtha RECEPTION at COMET	Wx Briefing Introduction to Cyclogenesis and East Coast Cyclogenesis Part 1 Part 2 Gyakum Snow to Liquid Ratio : Climatology and Forecast Methodologies Baxter	Wx Briefing Data Assimilation Baxter NWP Misconceptions Baxter	Wx Briefing Critical Processes Attending Heavy Banded Snowfall Schumacher Inverted Troughs Lab/Case Study Schumacher Forecast Funnel Via Ninjo Murtha	Wx Briefing The Structural and Dynamical Evolution of the Occluded Sector of Cyclones: An Emerging QG Perspective Martin	Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory & Leanin' Tree Art Gallery Tours Chadwick
	ADJOURN	ADJOURN	ADJOURN	ADJOURN	ADJOURN	Group Dinner

Schedule
Week 2

Monday 27 Oct 0800	Tuesday 28 Oct 0800	Wednesday 29 Oct 0800	Thursday 30 Oct 0800	Friday 31 Oct 0800
Precipitation Transition Zones Stewart Practical Blowing Snow Forecasting  Baggaley Lab Baggaley	Thermally and Dynamically Driven Flows in Complex Terrain Whiteman	Lake/Ocean Effect Snow Niziol	Hurricanes & Extratropical Transition Hart	Ensemble Prediction Systems  & Measure of Goodness and Risk Management  with forecasting Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Hansen
LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
Wx Briefing Orographic Precipitation Horel Data Representativeness and Real Time Mesoscale Analysis      Horel RECEPTION AT COMET	Wx Briefing Weather Radar and Winter Applications and Uses  Patricks Air Quality Howe	Wx Briefing EC Science Program in Support of Operational Forecasting Cober Typical Freezing Rain Post Analysis Part I Murtha	Wx Briefing Understanding Snow: The Impact of Weather on Avalanche Formation and Release Greene Typical Freezing Rain Post Analysis Part II Murtha	Wx Briefing Societal  impacts of adverse winter weather Askelson Hydrometeorology of Snow and River Ice Kelsch Closing Ceremonies (Complete Course Evaluations & Certificates)
ADJOURN	ADJOURN	ADJOURN	Group Dinner	Group Dinner

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