[Skywarn] Fwd: [Cometupdates] New from COMET: Introduction to Climate Models

[Lloyd Colston]

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From: COMET Announcement <comet_announcements at comet.ucar.edu>
Date: Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Subject: [Cometupdates] New from COMET: Introduction to Climate Models
To: announce at comet.ucar.edu


The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of the new module,
"Introduction to Climate Models".

Have you ever wondered how climate models work? How they can make accurate
projections decades or centuries into the future when current weather
models struggle to predict the weather next week? Introduction to Climate
Models shows how climate models work. Because the modeling of both weather
and climate share many similarities, the content throughout this module
draws frequent comparisons and highlights the differences between the two.
We explain not only how, but why climate models differ from weather models.
To do so, we explore the difference between weather and climate, then show
how models are built to simulate climate and generate the statistics that
describe it. We conclude with a discussion of models are tuned and tested.

This module is squarely aimed at the weather forecasting community: those
who are already familiar with NWP models. However, non-forecasters with an
interest in weather and climate will also find the module useful. The
content is not overly technical and the goal of this module is not to train
people to develop climate models but to highlight the similarities and
differences between weather and climate models.

Please follow this link to the MetEd description page that provides
additional information and a link to begin the module: Introduction to
Climate Models <https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=913>. (
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=913)

Most COMET modules use JavaScript and Adobe® Flash® for navigation,
animation, and/or presentation of multimedia elements. Ensure that you have
a browser updated to its latest version with JavaScript enabled and the
latest version of the Adobe FlashPlayer installed (
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/). For technical support for this module
please visit our Registration and Support FAQs at
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/resources_faq.php.



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