COMET MetEd

Scientists with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) use innovative technologies 🛰️ to monitor and forecast climate and weather shocks that often play a significant role in food emergencies. Our agroclimatology data – which include remote sensing imagery, historical rainfall 🌧️ totals, climate change analysis, forecasts, and an understanding of climate drivers in the countries and regions 🌍 we monitor – are critical components of our knowledge base. Learn more about our agroclimatology work https://ow.ly/Wxs350TVATj

Building weather, water, and climate expertise is our passion, so when we learn about our impact from our partners, we can’t help but celebrate! The NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently shared that the NGS library of 12 educational videos we co-created have reached over 500,000 views on the COMET YouTube channel! Thanks for sharing this wonderful milestone with us! 👩💻 NGS video library: https://lnkd.in/dASR-5WP 👨💻 Watch more weather, water, and climate videos on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/dHcAEDhm

🎂 Our 3D-Printed Automatic Weather Stations (3D-PAWS) turned 10 this year! 🎉 Learn about the origins and incredible impact of this initiative in our latest blog post. We’re thrilled that this automatic weather station, first beta tested by Paul Kucera and Martin Steinson in 2014, has grown to over 250 3D-PAWS across 17 countries (and counting!) strong. A big thanks to USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance for supporting this initiative, and to our partners for working with us to strengthen weather resiliency for communities around the world.  #capacitydevelopment #3dprinting #weather #resiliency   👩💻 Read the blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gz2UCJtX

Wondering how environmental satellites help with monitoring ocean surface features? Check out our new MetEd lesson “Satellite Remote Sensing Capabilities for Ocean Color." The lesson includes four short videos focused on Dissolved Matter and Sediment, Phytoplankton, Oil Spills, and Sargassum, and offers information about current instrument capabilities and planned future platforms. NOAA Satellite and Information Service ➡ Take the lesson: https://lnkd.in/gVNCnHwU

🎃 Early Bird discount for the Girls Who Chase 2025 Spring Training Event ends October 31 (boo!) 👻 This American Meteorological Society-sponsored event is a one-day, fully remote training for weather enthusiasts and storm chasers at all levels, ages, and genders. Participants also receive a free recording of the presentations after the event! Expert chasers and meteorologists share their expertise during presentations and panels, and this year also features more networking opportunities. Topics to be announced in the coming weeks. ➡ Learn more and sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gPW498MX  #WomeninSTEM #GirlsinSTEM #stormchasing

A huge thanks to the amazing NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) Research Aviation Facility (RAF) team for hosting part of the COMET Fall 2024 Retreat! We loved the opportunity to sit in the cockpit of an atmospheric research aircraft, as seen here with COMET Director Elizabeth Mulvihill (Page), and to learn about RAF’s vital work to advance research in the Earth system sciences. Our team spent the week brainstorming and collaborating on innovative approaches to advance #education, training, and capacity building. We’re so excited to put these ideas into action as we continue building  #weather, water, and #climate expertise together! #capacitybuilding #atmosphericresearch #weather

On this day in 1972, congress passed the Clean Water Act, which regulates water pollution and quality in the U.S. CIRES researchers study surface and groundwater systems and the connections to humans, ecosystems, and global change: https://lnkd.in/eb6hv-sU 📸: Hongyu Guo/CIRES

One does simply walk into the Mesa Lab. We hope to see you there!

Happening Thursday! If you're in #Colorado, come out to the Longmont Museum for an encore presentation of the Explorer Series lecture about atmospheric rivers with Christine Shields. It's sure to make a splash! 💦 Details and registration: https://lnkd.in/g_xAFpQp

🎃 Our fall newsletter is live! Grab your favorite autumn beverage and see what we’ve been up to. Learn more about how simulations bolster meteorology education and training and the various private sector job opportunities for meteorologists, then check out our latest free educational resources and more!   ➡ Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gRXrquev ➡ If you enjoyed this newsletter, subscribe for more: https://lnkd.in/dYUFQD_v #weather #meteorology #newsletter #education