Anthony Mostek NOAA - NWS – OCWWS - Training Division – Forecast Decision Training Branch

1. User Education, Training& OutreachNOAA’s Changing Landscape Linking Satellite Program to Evolving Operations Anthony Mostek NOAA - NWS – OCWWS - Training Division – Forecast Decision Training Branch 2006 GOES Users

2. Education Training & Outreach Outline • Evolving NOAA Operations • Requirements for Training • NWS Training Division – Survive/Thrive with Rapid Change • Evolution of Training – Partners, Simulations, Structured Courses • NOAA Needs Satellite Training Team • Summary

3. Education, Training & Outreach Evolving NOAA Operations – Climate, Water & Weather to All Environmental Hazards Forecasts, Warnings & Monitoring

4. Understanding Earth as Whole System • Coupling atmospheric, terrestrial, oceanic and space processes • Holistic analyses, predictions, warnings • Ecosystem based management • World-Wide Impacts • NOAA’s Partners - WMO, EUMETSAT, Other Satellite Providers, etc.

5. Integrated Observing Systems • Build an effective “system-of-systems” infrastructure -Transform ground- & spaced-based “stove-piped” observations into integrated system - Enhance performance, continuity and interoperability across NOAA - Bridge and coordinate research-to-operations across all Mission Goals • NOAA Observing System Architecture - GEOSS • Collaboration: Google Earth for Example

6. NOAA Proving Ground Training Included in R&D process - Needed:NOAAProving Ground to ensure operational readiness of new hardware, software, data analysis/display - Key: Trainers fully integrated with developers, evaluators, users and program managers

7. Evolving Warnings/Forecasts to All Environmental Services • Role of Forecaster/Analyst Changing • Role of Data Changing – Info Processing • Current State-of-Analysis (GIS) • Numerical Models at all Scales • National Digital Forecast Database • Verification • Integrated Access/Displays • Example – Katrina Lessons Learned!

8. Education, Training & Outreach NWS Training Division – How to Survive/Thrive with Rapid Change Evolution of Training – Stakeholders Partnerships Weather Simulations Structured Courses (SHyMet) Education Innovation

9. Education, Training & Outreach NWS Training Division – How to survive/thrive with Rapid Change Evolution of Training – Stakeholders – All Staff from Directors to Entry Level

10. Education, Training & Outreach Evolution of Education & Training NOAA’s Partnerships Coop Institutes (VISIT & COMET) Labs, Academia, DoD, Fed/State/Local WMO – Virtual Laboratory for Satellite Training with Centres of Excellence NOAA/EUMETSAT Joint Training

11. Education, Training & Outreach Evolution of Education & Training Weather Simulations evolve to Environmental Simulations Interactivity Increases Knowledge Retention Simulation Cases – Challenge: GET MORE SATELLITE INTO CASES!

12. Education, Training & Outreach Structured Courses Advanced Warning Operations Courses (AWOC) Satellite HydroMeteorology (SHyMet) Courses Distance Learning Aviation Courses (DLAC)

13. Who’s Responsible for Performance Improvement? (Broad, 2005)

14. Impact of Support for Training From AWOC post-training survey Sept-Oct. 2005 Percentage Improvement to Performance Average values shown 260 Meteorologists from all regions surveyed!

15. Impact of Support for Training Training Modules Completed by NOAA Staff CY 2005 Other = Developed by NOAA

16. SHyMet Course NOAA Satellite Programs COMET VISIT/CIRA/CIMSS SHyMet NWS Training NOAA Forecasters WMO

17. SHyMet Courses NEED – Major advances in satellite programs (NPOESS, GOES-R, METOP) LINKS - NOAA's Strategic Plan for Integrated Global Environmental Observation and Data Management System and GOES User Conferences GOAL - Prepare NOAA users for new products within new operations CHALLENGE – Complex training environment SOLUTION - SHyMet Courses using NOAA LMS

18. SHyMet Course Key Concepts • NOAA's Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) Team • Leverage Training at COMET, VISIT, Training Division and WMO • Uses Infrastructure at Training Div, COMET and CIRA/CIMSS for AWIPS/Weather Event Simulator (WES) • The NOAA Proving Ground

19. SHyMet Course for Interns Topics – GOES/POES basics, identification of atmospheric and surface phenomena, integration of satellite observing capabilities Audience – NWS Interns Approach – Blended online learning Website - rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/ Contents included in NOAA LMS – Quiz, Evaluations, Certificates, Tracking

20. SHyMet Course Key Stats • Course Started April 3, 2006 – • 62 NOAA & 3 Other Students • 2 Already completed course (16 hours) • Follows AWOC Approach from Warning Decision Training Branch

21. Education & Training Proposal • Need NOAA Satellite Training Team (NSaTT) • Rapid Changes in NOAA Operations - All Environmental Services • Address Needs across NOAA & Partners • Bridge and coordinate research-to-operations across all Mission Goals • Suite of SHyMet Courses - Develop training for new products and • Blended distance training model

22. NOAA Satellite Training Proposal Training & Education in Support of NOAA’s Advanced Space-based Remote Sensing Programs & GEOSS (FY 2006-2010) • Joint proposal from NWS Training Div, VISIT and COMET • Defines roles of VISIT and COMET • NPOESS Training with Userport • GOES Training includes Userport • SHyMet Courses – Water/Weather, Ecosystems, Climate, Commerce/Transportation

23. GOES Users Summary Help NOAA Meet the Challenge!Join User Education & Outreach Breakout Group Your experience will be: Energetic Out-of-Box Supportive Educational Well worth your time THANK YOU!