Morris Weisman continued to serve as a subject matter expert for a series of the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) educational disk modules on convective storms. The first module, which was completed during FY96 and is titled ``A Convective Storm Matrix,'' utilizes an interactive matrix of convective simulations made for varying amounts of convective available potential energy (CAPE) and vertical wind shear. Forecasters can peruse the matrix to better understand these basic environmental controls on storm evolution. A second module, titled ``Anticipating Convective Storm Structure and Evolution,'' is nearing completion and covers the theoretical and observational aspects of convective storms and convective storm forecasting in much more detail. A third module, covering mesoscale convective systems, is currently in the planning stages and will be completed in 1997.
Weisman also served as a lead instructor for the fall 1995 COMET Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction (COMAP) course for weather service science operations officers (SOOs). This 8-week intensive course covered many aspects of mesoscale meteorology and its applications to forecasting, and is taught in conjunction with weather service personnel. Weisman served as the primary lecturer for the summertime-weather portion of the course.
Stanley Trier gave a lecture to National Weather Service personnel during the fall 1995 COMET COMAP course, discussing environmental factors that are responsible for the development of large nocturnal mesoscale convective complexes in the central United States.
Margaret LeMone, as an extension of her long-term collaboration with Project LEARN (Laboratory Experience in Atmospheric Research at NCAR), became a Co-PI on the UCAR LEARN II Proposal. She worked with LEARN personnel, Carol McLaren and Karen Hicks, to prepare and revise learning materials and plan teacher workshops to be held in several parts of the state, and plan the LEARN II summer programs for teachers. She will be participating in a number of the teacher workshops, and recruiting other scientists to participate in the program. LeMone gave a lecture on clouds to the American Meteorological Society's Project ATMOSPHERE teachers during the summer of 1996, and gave a lecture on weather hazards in the mountains for the Outdoor Education class at Fairview High School, Boulder. She also delivered a presentation on Women in Science for Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS).
Richard Carbone provided advice, consultation, and review for the UCAR Climate Learning Modules. Carbone also contributed to a number of science exhibits by providing general advice and specific suggestions.
Roelof Bruintjes (joint appointment with RAP) gave lectures on cloud physics to the University of Arizona.
Morris Weisman presented a lecture on Thunderstorms and Tornadoes for the Project Learn Science Saturdays program, and was also interviewed for a Learning Channel program on tornado research and storm chasing that will air in the spring of 1997.
Morris Weisman also presented a series of lectures on convective storms for a graduate-level Weather-Laboratory class at Colorado State University.
Daniel Breed was an undergraduate research advisor for 11 students from the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mondova, and Salltillo, Mexico. He also served as a judge for the 1996 Boulder Valley School District Science Fair. In FY96, Breed organized and facilitated NCAR's Sailplane exhibit at the Denver Museum of Natural History. Throughout the year Breed conducted a number of non-technical science presentations including four in Mexico (radio, television, and print media) and six for the Boy Scouts of America.
Andrew Heymsfield was active in the University of California San Deigo Scripps Institution of Oceanography's outreach activities, specifically, the Science Teacher Program through the Center of Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate (C4) Program. Heymsfield provided materials to teachers to be used, primarily in Californian schools, in cloud and climate science classes for junior high school students.
Janine Goldstein served as a resource person for the Math & Science Teacher Hotline, a program developed at the University of Northern Colorado Mathematics and Teaching Center in partnership with the Colorado Alliance for Science. Her services include answering questions about mathematics and science from Colorado and Wyoming science teachers and helping them figure out how to best teach this information to students. Goldstein also served as a mentor for "Kids as Global Scientists" which is a program sponsored by the University of Colorado. In 1996, Goldstein was assigned to a single junior high school (in California) where students would email her directly for answers to atmospheric science questions. In 1997 the program will be expanded to the Web and Goldstein will be available to answer questions from grade school and junior high school students from around the world. Goldstein also served as a UCAR SOARS community mentor and represented NCAR at the CU Engineering Career Days, where she talked with students about student assistant opportunities at NCAR.
Terry Clark and Janice Coen participated in interviews and filming for a new television series on weather and aviation hazards, titled "Survival in the Sky." This program was aired on the Learning Channel in 1996 and will be shown on the Discovery Channel in 1997. Coen also answered questions generated from Public Relation News Releases regarding the fire modeling studies being carried out within the Cloud Scale Modeling Group.
Chin-Hoh Moeng worked on the proceeedings for the 1995 ASP Summer Colloquium on PBL and Its Parameterization. This proceeding volume will include 21 lecture notes, several student presentations, and a user manual for the PBL model evaluation software package that the NCAR PBL Model Evaluation Group developed over the past years. The proceedings are scheduled to be completed by the end of 1996.
Several MMM staff members were engaged in various formal teaching arrangements. They included
The MMM Division hosted 33 postdoctoral-level visitors and 38 graduate-level visitors during FY96. These young scientists came from 23 different U.S. universities and 17 foreign universities and agencies. For a complete listing of the division's visitors, please refer to the Visitors and Collaborators list. The U.S. universities included: