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                                                        7/31/98
Integrated Remote Sensing Training PDS Planning Meeting Agenda
                11-12 August 1998
        CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. Wisconsin, Madison WI
                        DRAFT   

Meeting Goals

Welcome to the Integrated Remote-sensing Training (IRT) Professional
Development Series (PDS) kick-off meeting. The overall goals of this
meeting are to develop a statement for the IRT PDS (or Meteorology Core
Training) that reflects the training needs for effective integrated remote
sensing training within the modernized weather services (in AWIPS) and to
develop a list of topics that directly address these needs. To meet this
goal during the next two days, it is important that we follow an organized
agenda that helps us to stay focused on and increase the awareness of the
operational needs for the IRT program. The specific tasks for the meeting
are listed below. We will make every effort to achieve as many of these
tasks as possible.

Meeting Tasks

Identify the tasks currently performed by a forecaster and those that are
expected to be performed in the display of and analysis of integrated
remote sensing products.

Identify the forecaster knowledge/competency required to perform these
tasks successfully.

Assess the current forecaster knowledge/competency level with respect to
integrated remote sensing and how this relates to the various operational
forecast duties (warning and forecast programs: flood, winter storm,
severe convection, aviation, etc).

Identify the gaps between current forecaster knowledge/competency and
required knowledge/competency levels. This step defines the training need
for integrated remote sensing.

Develop a list of topics that will directly address the identified
training needs.

Subdivide each topic to address training necessary to achieve desired
competency in specific job tasks (i.e. how does IRT program support needs
of other PDS such as QPE/QPF, NWP, Aviation, etc). 

Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, 11 August

8:45 - 9:00                     Welcome and Introductions (LeRoy Spayd and
                                Paul Menzel)
9:00 - 9:15                     NSTEP and Why integrated Remote Sensing
                                Training (Spayd)
                                Remote Sensing Training/Development Status
                                and Plans
9:15 - 9:30                     CIMSS/SSEC - Menzel et al.
9:30 - 9:45                     OTB - Burgess
9:45 - 10:00                    NSSL - Eilts
10:00 - 10:15                   CIRA - Molenar/Hillger/Motta
10:15 - 10:30                   FSL - Schlatter
10:30 - 10:45                   NWSTC - Beckman
10:45 - 11:00                   Break
11:00 - 12:00                   Regional/Center Requirements for IRT (10
                                mins each)
                                ER, CR, SR, WR, PR, AR, NCEP, OH
                                Review Requirements
12:00 - 1:15                    Lunch
1:15 - 2:00                     PDS (Met Core) Training Concept
                                (Spayd/Mostek)
2:00 - 2:30                     Presentation of QPE IRT requirement
                                (Mostek/Burgess)
2:30 - 2:45                     Break
2:45 - 5:00                     Group discussion: review of IRT
                                requirements/needs 
                                to support other PDS programs within AWIPS
                                Describe current AWIPS functionality
                                Additional AWIPS functionality required
                                Datasets required to support integrated
                                remote sensing
                                Develop list of current and projected IRT
                                tasks/topics
                                Develop small working groups for specific
                                topics:
                                QPE/QPF, NWP, AWIPS, Sensor Specific, etc
5:00 - 6:00                     Begin working group activities
6:30 - 9:00                     Dinner

Wednesday, 12 August

8:00 - 8:30                     VISITview Demo
8:30 - 9:30                     Group discussion of current IRT forecaster
                                knowledge and 
                                competency in relation to specific topics 
                                (QPE, Aviation, etc)
9:30 - 12:00                    Group effort to develop/review list of
                                topics that meet 
                                identified training needs (PCU topic
                                identification) as
                                developed by working groups
12:00 - 1:15                    Lunch

1:15 - 3:00                     Finalize complete list of PCU topics
                                Discuss PCU structure (i.e. Present sample
                                PCU and briefly 
                                discuss each part) Take one topic (i.e.
                                QPE/QPF) and begin 
                                breaking out into Instructional Components
                                (IC)
                                Assignment of organizations for
                                expanding PCU topics by identifying the
                                specific job tasks and knowledge addressed and 
                                outlining the individual IC's. Discuss
                                possible target dates forcompletion.
3:15 - 3:30                     Action Items/Meeting adjourned
                        


Possible IRT Topics - Draft

1. Assess observations of precipitation (QPE PDS support)
2. Use of IRT in NWP (Analysis and Model Diagnosis)
3. Assess state of IRT in AWIPS
4. Determine use of IRT for Forecasting Severe Convection
5. Determine use of IRT for Forecasting Winter Storms
 
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