COMET Staff Papers and Presentations

Issues and Trends in Meteorology and Hydrology and their Implications for COMET Scientific Training
A paper by Gregory Byrd, and Douglas Wesley, Timothy Spangler, Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, Tom Dulong, and Matthew Kelsch (UCAR/COMET) given at the January 2005 AMS Conference.

Space Weather Training at COMET
A paper by Dolores Kiessling (UCAR/COMET) given at the January 2005 AMS Conference.

Prominent Trends and Issues in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, and Sponsor Requirements
A paper by Patrick Parrish (UCAR/COMET) prepared for the 2004 COMET Advisory Panel meeting.

Convective Initiation by Boundaries
A presentation by Wendy Schreiber-Abshire (UCAR/COMET) given at the 2003 COMET COMAP course.

Cultivating a Weather Forecaster's Community of Practice
A presentation by Patrick Parrish (UCAR/COMET) given at the 2003 MSC Forecaster's Forum.

Webcasts: A Method for Rapidly Delivering Expertise and Training
A presentation by Wendy Schreiber-Abshire (UCAR/COMET), Pat Parrish (UCAR/COMET), Joe Lamos (UCAR/COMET), and Greg Byrd (UCAR/COMET) given at the January 2001 AMS Conference.

Numerical Weather Prediction Training Materials
A presentation by Richard Cianflone (NWS/OCWWS/COMET), Wendy Abshire (UCAR/COMET), William Bua (UCAR/COMET), Stephen Jascourt (UCAR/COMET) given at the January 2001 AMS Conference.

Local Area Modeling
A 2000 presentation by Bob Rozumalski.

Convection from Boundaries to Bow Echoes: How Can You Learn More?
A 2000 presentation by Wendy Abshire.

Scenario-based Learning
A 1999 set of presentations prepared for a workshop delivered at the Computer-Aided Learning in Meteorology (CALMet) Conference, Helsinki, Finland by Joe Lamos and Patrick Parrish.

Visualizations in Operational Training and Education
A 1999 presentation by COMET Director Timothy Spangler for the UCAR Board 1999 meeting. This Webcast discusses how the COMET Program uses visualizations in its instructional materials.

Forecasting Non-synoptically Forced Convective Storms
A 1999 COMAP presentation by Wendy Abshire.

Instructional Illustrations
A 1999 COMET paper prepared for a presentation delivered at the Computer-Aided Learning in Meteorology (CALMet) Conference, Helsinki, Finland by Patrick Parrish. The paper discussed the role of illustrations in instruction and provides some basic design principles.

Operational Forecasters Professional Development Series: Concept Paper
A 1997 whitepaper written by Joe Lamos, outlining the rationale for defining performance requirements for determining training needs. The concept was eventually adopted by the National Weather Service.

Forecasting East Coast Winter Storms
A 1997 COMET presentation to the Navy by Greg Byrd and Doug Wesley.

Interactivity in Computer-based Learning
A 1996 COMET paper based on a 1995 presentation delivered at the Computer-Aided Learning in Meteorology (CALMet) Conference, Toulouse, France regarding computer-based learning interactivity (revised April 1996) by Patrick Parrish.

Pedagogical Contributions of Educational Environments: The Traditional Classroom, Computer-based Learning, and the World Wide Web
A 1996 COMET presentation to the American Meteorological Association meeting regarding CBT and the Web by Brian E. Heckman and Dwight Owens.

 

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