[Skywarn] Fwd: [Cometupdates] New from COMET: Advances in Space-Based Nighttime Visible Observation

[Lloyd Colston]

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From: Wendy Abshire <abshire at comet.ucar.edu>
Date: Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Subject: [Cometupdates] New from COMET: Advances in Space-Based
Nighttime Visible Observation


The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of the new
module, "Advances in Space-based Nighttime Visible Observation." This
one-hour module explores the types of atmospheric and surface features
that can be observed at night. It describes recent technical
improvements in nighttime visible imaging with the Suomi NPP VIIRS
Day/Night Band and the lunar phases and conditions that are necessary
for effective nighttime visible imaging. This lays the foundation for
the rest of the module, which explores operational uses of nighttime
visible observations. These include the detection and monitoring of
city lights, tropical cyclones, fog and stratus, polar nights,
auroras, fires, volcanoes, dust storms, air pollution, moonglint,
lightning, gas flares, ships and boats, and population/economic
geography. The module is aimed at weather forecasters and other
environmental scientists who use nighttime environmental data. Other
users, such as those in the transportation industry and economists,
may profit from it as well.

Please follow this link to the MetEd description page that provides
additional information and a link to begin the module: Advances in
Space-based Nighttime Visible Observation
(https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=990).

All COMET modules and the MetEd website rely on JavaScript, and some
modules rely on 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

We welcome any comments or questions about the content, instructional
approach, or use of this module. Please e-mail them to Marianne
Weingroff (marianne at ucar.edu) or Wendy Abshire (abshire at ucar.edu).

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