1. 1 st Introductory Weather Radar Course David Ball Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre - Winnipeg January 13, 2010

2. Page 2 – June 13, 2016 About myself 22 years in the Meteorological Service of Canada, 8 years as severe weather meteorologist and over 4 developing training/teaching programs including things like Project Phoenix and this radar course. I adapted this current course from the Eumetcal course I took from November 2008 to February 2009.

3. Page 3 – June 13, 2016 Outline About myself Layout of Go To Webinar Course overview Website layout Pre-study modules Online lectures Residence course Other reading

4. Page 4 – June 13, 2016 Inform-Show-Do InformShow Do

5. Page 5 – June 13, 2016 Course Overview Inform –give the students the basic information they are going to need to complete the course. –I've tried to use multiple streams to get the material across to the students. ▪If a student does better with video, I've got video that they can use. ▪If the student does better with text or pictures, they can find that in the pre-study material. –It depends entirely on what you need in order to understand the material.

6. Page 6 – June 13, 2016 Course Overview Show –These are the on-line lectures. –The goal is to show you how to integrate the radar information into your daily routines, to show you the potential inherent in using the radar. –There is some overlap of the material, between the pre-study material and on-line lectures

7. Page 7 – June 13, 2016 Course Overview Do –the residence course is where we'll give you the time to actually work with what you’ve learned in the first two sections. –You will be doing severe weather workups, integrating every data source, including the radar, to write forecasts. –This will be done by looking at live cases, where possible, and failing that, canned ones.

8. Page 8 – June 13, 2016 The Goal at the End of the Course? To make you a more complete forecaster!

9. Page 9 – June 13, 2016 What do I mean? Integrate into dynamic mental models Link with cloud microphysics Conveyor belt theory Doppler, doppler, doppler Radar data should never be used as-is, in the absence of other data. It needs to be integrated into a complete picture of the future state of the atmosphere.

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12. Page 12 – June 13, 2016 Basic products Experimental products

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14. Page 14 – June 13, 2016 Course Outline Radar Fundamentals Radar Interpretation Radar Applications

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17. Page 17 – June 13, 2016 Additional Modules Polarimetric radar Doppler basics Radar algorithms Warm fronts Cold fronts There are three COMET modules on convection. These should be completed prior to the convective lectures by Pierre Vaillancourt and James Cummine

18. Page 18 – June 13, 2016 On-line lectures Scan strategies and basic products – Paul Ford Interpretation issues – Mike Leduc Non-meteorological returns – Dave Patrick Doppler basics – Phil Chadwick Radar algorithms – Dave Patrick Warm fronts (pure snow) – Dr. Elena Saltikoff (FMI) Warm fronts (mixed phase) – Mike Leduc Cold fronts – Phil Chadwick Convection 1 – James Cummine Convection 2 – Pierre Vaillancourt Shallow precipitation and orography – Dr. Paul Joe

19. Page 19 – June 13, 2016 Residence Course What I'm going to do is book a block of rooms under the MSC at the Delta South Hotel in Edmonton. This has several advantages: –It's a straight shot in from the airport either by a shuttle bus or a taxi. –There are plenty of restaurants in the local area. –The office in Edmonton is on the east side of the city, but there are few hotels in the area. It is easy to get to the office from the hotel. –I'm hoping to arrange for 3 vans, with drivers who are familiar with the area, to make it easier for people to get around. Expecting everyone to drive themselves is a bit much to ask.

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21. Page 21 – June 13, 2016 Questions?