Pinker S Homepage and general meteorology (METO400), for undergraduate students. Information oncourse outlines, service, publications and collaborative efforts, http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~pinker/
Extractions: G CIP This is a first attempt to provide the user community with surface radiation budget (SRB) information over the United States, as generated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) , National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) . This activity is in support of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental Scale International Project (GCIP/GAPP). P ATHFINDER Under the joint NOAA/NASA PATHFINDER activity, uniform, long term data sets from observations made from numerous satellites, are being prepared. Of particular interest are the ISCCP DX data (ISCCP) , sampled at 30 km resolution. Surface radiative fluxes at 0.5 degree spatial resolution, produced under the PATHFINDER program at the University of Maryland, will be provided at this Web site.
CRC For Southern Hemisphere Meteorology The meteorology CRC is one of the principal centres in Australia for Both activities support the wider spectrum of meteorological research within http://www.environmentdirectory.com.au/research/crcshm.html
Extractions: The Centre was established in July, 1993 under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program . The centre brings together Monash University , the Bureau of Meteorology , the CSIRO Divisions of Atmospheric Research and Telecommunications and Industrial Physics and Silicon Graphics Pty Ltd/Cray Research in a collaborative program of meteorological research and education. Located at Monash University, the CRC is one of the principal centres in Australia for research and graduate training in the Meteorological Sciences. Our understanding of climate variability and global change comes from many sources: studies of past changes in the atmosphere and climate, data from current observing systems and field experiments, and simulations involving mathematical models. Each contributes to our knowledge of the fundamental processes that control the physical, chemical and biological components of the Earth system. Understanding these processes is essential for improving the predictive models being developed to aid society and to assist policy makers to plan for and minimise global change. Our Centre is contributing to the international research effort to improve the understanding of some of the key processes that govern the current state of the atmosphere and its variability. What is the Meteorology CRC?
Collaborative Learning In Community Colleges. ERIC Digest. collaborative learning strategies offer promising possibilities for promoting Group activities, such as researching and delivering group informative http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/colleges.htm
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges Los Angeles CA. Collaborative Learning in Community Colleges. ERIC Digest. Collaborative learning strategies offer promising possibilities for promoting active learning and student self-reliance in community college classrooms. This Digest defines collaborative learning then discusses five experimental courses that have incorporated collaborative learning. WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING? Collaborative learning is the instructional use of small groups. Its goal is to allow students to work together to maximize their own and others' learning. The traditional teacher's role is expanded to include facilitating and coordinating the student groups, which then assume part of the responsibility for instruction. There are five essential components that must be present for small-group learning to be truly collaborative: clear, positive interdependence among students
Education ForeCAST Tip Sheet These materials include a wide variety of classroom and field activities to helpstudents place collaborative tasks doing the learning activities http://educonnect.org/nsmeteorology.html
Extractions: Its called GLOBE, and each day it brings data from schools around the world onto the Internet and into the global science community. Students from the ages of approximately five through eighteen years in schools throughout the world conduct a continuing program of scientifically meaningful environmental measurements. GLOBE students transmit their data to a central data processing facility via the Internet, receive vivid images composed of their data and data from other GLOBE schools around the world, acquire information from a variety of sources, and collaborate with scientists and other GLOBE students and communities worldwide in using these data for education and research. The measurements taken by the GLOBE students serve two important purposes. First, participating scientists use these data in their research programs to improve our understanding of the global environment. Second, students not only learn how to carry out a scientifically rigorous program of Earth observations, but also learn to use their own measurements, together with data from other GLOBE schools, as a key part of their study of environmental science. Through contact with and mentoring by scientists, the students receive feedback about the value of their data sets in world class scientific research. GLOBE provides extensive educational materials to enrich the learning experience of participating students. These materials include a wide variety of classroom and field activities to help students place their measurements in a broader context and relate their own local observations to global environmental issues.
Short-term Prediction Research And Transition Center 13th Conference on Satellite meteorology and Oceanography Weather ServiceCollaborative activities Among the Huntsville Meteorological Community http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/sport_publications.html
Extractions: Journal Articles by SPoRT Center Personnel Author(s) Title of Article Publication Information Date McNider, R. T., W. M. Lapenta, A. P. Biazar, and G. J. Jedlovec Retrieval of Model Grid Scale Heat Capacity Using Satellite Products: Part 1- First Case Study Application Journal of Applied Meteorolog y (in press) Jedlovec, G. J., S. Haines, and U. Nair Tornado damage track assessment with NASA EOS Data Conditionally accepted Weather and Forecasting . The revised manuscript has been submitted. Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech A statistical evaluation of GOES cloud-top properties for predicting convective initiation. In preparation. Mon. Wea. Rev Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka Forecasting first lightning and lightning source densities using GOES cloud time-tendency information and LMA data. In preparation
Short-term Prediction Research And Transition Center (SPoRT) 13th Conference on Satellite meteorology and Oceanography 7 papers NASA/NWSCollaborative activities. January 23, 2005 An unusual lake effect snow http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/sport_report_janfebmar2005.html
Extractions: New research scientist: - Mr Brad Zavodsky, a recent graduate of the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and student of Dr. Steve Lazarus, joined the SPoRT team as a UAH Research Associate. Brad will assist in the analysis of AIRS and MODIS data and contribute to the ongoing WRF data assimilation efforts. Publications: Joel Perez-Fernandez, research scientist at the Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) located in the City of Knowledge, Panama, visited the SPoRT Center for a two month period. The purpose of the visit was to develop a real-time WRF-based modeling capability for Central America to be transitioned to CATHALAC later this year.
K-12 Enhancement Activities Thr K12 Enhancement activities through my first four years (tenured 2005) at With the recommendation of my mentor in meteorology at BSC, Jim Moir, http://webhost.bridgew.edu/rhellstrom/k12.htm
Extractions: K-12 Enhancement Activities through my first four years (tenured 2005) at Bridgewater State College (2000-2004): I presented at two workshops (Fall 2000 and Spring 2002) for K-12 geography teachers during my two years of service on the Southeast Massachusetts Geography Network (SEMAGNET). SEMAGNET offered me the training and confidence to pursue subsequent outreach activities. A summer program I developed and taught to Brockton High School (Brockton, Massachusetts) students provided hands-on activities and field trips to increase youth awareness about fresh-water resources in Southeastern Massachusetts. External funding sources from Brockton Schools supported myself and a BSC student for workshop development and delivery. Students learned valuable facts about water sources and reclamation efforts in Brockton through first-hand experience. With the recommendation of my mentor in meteorology at BSC, Jim Moir, I attended the 2003 DataStreme summer training program that prepares a nationwide team of teachers serving as Local Implementation Team (LIT) leaders. Responsibilities focus on implementing semester-long courses for enhancement of atmospheric and oceanic sciences in K-12 education. Furthermore, my service on the DataStreme program can potentially provide a unique avenue for establishing partnerships and writing collaborative proposals with science coordinators in eastern Massachusetts. I have served as LIT leader beginning Fall 2003 through the present and have trained 15 K-12 faculty, primarily from schools in eastern Massachusetts, including urban districts such as New Bedford, Brockton and Boston.
Data Work Plan Memorandum of Understanding with the Bureau of meteorology to facilitatecollaborative activities. Draft February 1999. Final March 1999 http://www.nlwra.gov.au/archive/minimal/35_data/37_data_work_plan/_DWP_05.html
Extractions: about the Audit news and adverts publications products ... Australian Natural Resources Atlas A series of collaborative arrangements will be negotiated and finalised with individual jurisdictions and agencies and, where appropriate, groups of agencies. The purpose of these arrangements is: to recognise existing programs and initiatives and their importance to the Audit;
QUADRENNIAL 99 REPORT BY CNC/IUGG Section 4 IAMAS International Association of meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences On a more positive note, NSERC funding for collaborative research http://www.cgu-ugc.ca/cnc-iugg/IAMAS99.htm
Extractions: Research in Canada is concentrated within the Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) of Environment Canada and within the university community. AES research is directed towards improvements in the predictive capability for weather, climate and air quality. Some 100 PhD level scientists work within AES on such issues, although there have been a number of retirements and early departures over the last few years. A great deal of research is carried out within several universities across the country. This includes the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, York University, University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Quebec at Montreal, and Dalhousie University. All together, there are about 50 faculty members at Canadian universities carrying out IAMAS-related research on a wide range of topics. In terms of graduate students, there are approximately 130 MSc and PhD level students at these universities (Appendix 1). This is similar to what has been the case for the last few years, although some universities such as the University of Alberta have an increased number of students.
The Collaborative On Health And The Environment The collaborative on Health and the Environment is a nonpartisan (1)collaborative activities in which a CHE Partner brings together three or more http://www.cheforhealth.org/resources/newsletters/may2004newsletter.html
(Outreach Activities - Vermont) Some of these efforts represent a continuation of the activities of the Others are collaborative ventures with agencies and institutions around Vermont. http://www.uvm.edu/~ldupigny/sc/vtsc_outreach.html
Extractions: The Office of the State Climatologist is dedicated to enhancing the interaction among climate and weather professionals/researchers in Vermont and its environs. Some of these efforts represent a continuation of the activities of the Vermont Weather Users' Group. Others are collaborative ventures with agencies and institutions around Vermont. To date, the following activities have taken place. For information on how to join the climate/meteorology listserv, drop us a line. Back to State Climatologist homepage (c) Vermont State Climatologist, 1998
ARCS The Australian Bureau of meteorology s Special Services Unit in Melbourne managesthe Australian component of this collaborative effort. http://www.ees.lanl.gov/archive_index/darwin.shtml
Extractions: TWP ARCS sites at Manus, Nauru and Darwin. Two years later, in November 1998, a second ARCS began operations on the island of Nauru in the Central Pacific. Now a third ARCS has begun collecting data in Darwin, Australia. The Manus, Nauru, and Darwin sites are operated through collaborative agreements with the PNG National Weather Service, The Nauru Department of Industry and Economic Development (IED), and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Special Services Unit (SSU) respectively. All ARM TWP activities in the region are coordinated with the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) based in Apia, Samoa. The Darwin ARM site and its role in the ARM TWP Program are discussed below.
AusStats : 1988 Special Article - Meteorology In Australia This special article has been contributed by the Bureau of meteorology. Australia has played a leading part in the activities of the WMO since its http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/08b168c5df5591deca2569de001f1076?OpenD
Activities : CTI Centre For Geography, Geology And Meteorology This list is for the distribution of information about the activities of theCentre for Gender and meteorology. efedaflux. EFEDA Surface Flux group. http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/other/lists/mailbase.htm
Extractions: electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education and research community. However for those of you new to academia or the wonders of electronic communication we have compiled a list of discussion groups that should be of some relevance to geographers. Mailbase discussion lists allow you to talk with other academics via electronic mail, to collaborate on projects, announce conferences, arrange meetings, or just keep in touch with colleagues in your subject area. Once established they work by someone sending an email message to the list which is then sent to all list members. They are very simple to use, all you need is email. The administration of the list is carried out by the list owner (who will also be able to provide more information about the remit of the list) and supported by the mailbase service which is located at the University of Newcastle. You can find out more about Mailbase at www.mailbase.ac.uk/docs/ . It is worth noting that some of the lists appear to have similar remits, a brief glance through the list archives should help you to determine which list will be of most relevance to you. List archives can be accessed via: www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists.html. This page provides a search device, type in any of the list names below and you will have access to information about the list and its archives. To join a Mailbase list send an email message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
Thesis: Chapter 1 has grown to encompass medicine, geosciences, meteorology and many others . To move visualization towards being a collaborative activity we make use http://cspcx40.leeds.ac.uk/jason/Thesis/Chapter1.html
Extractions: 1.1 Visualization Scientific visualization is concerned with exploring data and information to gain insight and understanding of the data. Indeed Richard Hamming observed in 1962 that The purpose of computing is insight not numbers [Hamming62]. The purpose of visualization is to gain some deeper understanding of the data and hence promote greater understanding of what the data represents. During the late 1970s and 1980s advances in computing power and network bandwidth brought high performance computing nearer to the desktop. This allowed a move from the old model of batch process simulation on a centralised supercomputer - producing images from predefined viewpoints which are saved to disk or video for later viewing - to a more interactive approach with the image rendering handled at the desktop and the scientist being able to interact with the simulation in near to real time. With this increase in computing performance and the advances in both hardware and software for computer graphics the resources were available to begin considering visualization of scientific data. The release of the Visualization in Scientific Computing (ViSC) report from McCormick et al [McCormick87] drew together many threads of computing, from computer graphics, image processing, user interface studies, computer aided design and others, to describe the discipline of Scientific Visualization.
Collaborative Learning In Community Colleges What is collaborative Learning? As Worlds Collide Science Literacy Effective Group activities, such as researching and delivering group informative http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ccs/digests/dig9709.html
Extractions: Collaborative learning strategies offer promising possibilities for promoting active learning and student self-reliance in community college classrooms. This Digest defines collaborative learning and then discusses five experimental courses that have incorporated collaborative learning. Collaborative learning is the instructional use of small groups. Its goal is to allow students to work together to maximize their own and other's learning. The traditional teacher's role is expanded to include facilitating and coordinating the student groups, which then assume part of the responsibility for instruction. There are five essential components that must be present for small-group learning to be truly collaborative: clear, positive interdependence among students
The Testimony Of Mr. Gregory W. Withee collaborative activities in Ground Systems Support The Spaceflight MeteorologyGroup (SMG) of NOAAs National Weather Service provides meteorological http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/congress/2003_h/030730-withee.htm
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[DIALOGnews] DIALOG AND DISCCRS News of new collaborative activities among institutions of the br Americas, Proposals must be collaborative efforts with Principal br Investigators http://aslo.org/pipermail/dialognews/2003/000086.html
Extractions: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:38:09 -0700 http://www.iai.int, item "IAI Science - Science Agenda"). We are convinced that despite being a program modestly funded (max. US$30K/project), SGPII will be a catalytic mechanism promoting the development of new collaborative activities among institutions of the Americas, as well as providing ways to disseminate useful knowledge for our societies. Proposals must be collaborative efforts with Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs) representing institutions from at least three IAI member countries. To be eligible under this Call for Proposals, proposals must arrive at the IAI Directorate no later than midnight (24:00) - Sao Paulo (Brazil) time - on Monday, 18 August 2003. Proposals must be submitted electronically (2-page Coversheet also by Fax). A description of the announcement and detailed guidelines for proposal preparation and submission are available at the IAI website ( http://www.iai.int,
Extractions: Openbook Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-xii Executive Summary, pp. 1-4 1. Introduction, pp. 5-8 2. Boundary Layer Processes, pp. 9-18 3. Thermally Driven Effects, pp. 19-30 4. The Influence of Orography, pp. 31-44 5. Interactions With Larger-Scale Weather Systems, pp. 45-50 6. The Influence of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer on the Co..., pp. 51-62 7. Air Quality, pp. 63-70 8. Capabilities and Opportunities, pp. 71-80 9. Educational and Human Resources, pp. 81-84 References, pp. 85-100 GO TO PAGE:
James E. Tillman Planning and implementation of the public outreach activity in the framework Utilize the exciting meteorology of Earth and Mars as a platform to develop http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mars/
Extractions: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mars/ Links are indicated by BOLD, ITALICIZED TEXT Rationale Mathematics, science and logical thought processes are the foundation of engineering, science and technology. A thorough understanding of their fundamentals and interrelationships is essential if a nation is to improve, or even maintain its position in today's globally competitive environment. Without this understanding, there is little potential for both an informed government, capable of offering reasonable legislative choices, and an educated electorate, capable of understanding the choices and making the wise decisions necessary to ensure a productive and secure future. ( J. E. Tillman ) Live from Earth and Mars LFEM - STEP The primary LFEM - STEP educational goals are to continuing bringing K-12 students into our current and future Mars missions, helping them develop the humanitarian and scientific foundation necessary to create a safe, secure and prosperous climate, whether on Earth or Mars . It also includes collaboratively installing research quality weather stations at schools, and the continued development of our "Temperature of Earth and Mars", TEM, education module. Then they can compare their school obeservations with students worldwide and Martian observations from Viking and our
