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Slide1 : The COMET Program
Slide2 : The NPOESS/COMET Collaboration: Providing Users with Information, Education, and Training Cooperative Program for Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET) University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
What is COMET? : What is COMET? Mission statement: The COMET Program strives to be the premier resource to support, enhance, convey, and stimulate scientific knowledge about the weather for the benefit of providers, educators, and users of weather information.
The COMET program was formed by UCAR to serve as a bridge between operational, research, and educational communities in meteorology.
COMET Program Goals : COMET Program Goals Provide high quality residence and distance learning opportunities
Expedite the transfer of scientific knowledge
Facilitate participation of operational forecasters and research scientists in advancing applied research
Build strategic alliances with industry, educational institutions, the federal government, and professional organizations
Find innovative ways to enhance the performance of weather forecasters and improve the utilization of weather products
The COMET Program Provides: : The COMET Program Provides:
Multimedia-Based Distance Learning : Multimedia-Based Distance Learning
Slide7 : IPO brings together the management and development stakeholders
Feedback from operational and research users is crucial to successful product rollout The NPOESS Project
Slide8 : Prepare users to fully utilize new and existing polar satellite products
Provide opportunities for communication and collaboration between the IPO, researchers, users, and vendors
Engage expert users in evaluation of products (e.g. microwave, scatterometer, hyper-spectral imaging and sounding applications) COMET’s Goals for NPOESS
The COMET Program Connects Stakeholders with Users : The COMET Program Connects Stakeholders with Users
COMET’s Objectives for the NPOESS Program : COMET’s Objectives for the NPOESS Program Improve user awareness of NPOESS activities
Provide information, education, and training opportunities related to polar satellite meteorology
Promote and demonstrate the use of polar satellite data and products
Find and facilitate communities of interest among users
Promote user involvement in evaluation and testing
Information Flow : Information Flow
Engineering Training : Engineering Training
The Userport Website : The Userport Website
The Userport Website : The Userport Website http://meted.ucar.edu/npoess/index.htm
Webcasts : Webcasts
Modules : Modules
Modules : Modules
Modules : Modules
Slide19 : Modules
Conclusion : Conclusion
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