Marine Technician Professional Development

Marine Meteorology: A really crash course
RVTEC 2022
02 November 2022

Facilitators: Shawn Smith and Kristen Briggs (Virtual)
Marc Castells (in-person)
This training will provide a very quick introduction to marine weather observation on research vessels. The content is derived from a longer short course that the FSU team last presented at INMARTECH 2014.

Agenda

Thursday 3 Nov 2022
• 13:00-13:05: Welcome and introductions
  Facilitator: Shawn Smith
  
• 13:05-13:20: Why we care? What we measure.
  Facilitator: Shawn Smith
  Lesson1_WhyWeCare_v7.ppt
  
• 13:20-13:45: Sensor Siting and Exposure
  Facilitator: Marc Castells
  SensorSitingAndExposure.pptx
  Lesson3_LocationExamples_v3.ppt
• 13:45-13:50: Q&A
  Facilitator: All
  
• 13:50-14:00: Break
  
• 14:00-14:30: Data adjustments (pressure, true winds)
  Facilitator: Marc Castells
  DataAdjustmentsPressureTrueWind.ppt
• 14:30-14:45: Sensor Metadata and Quality Control
  Facilitator: Kristen Briggs.
  Sensor_Metadata_and_QC.ppt
• 14:45-14:50: Q&A
  Facilitator: All
  Wrap-Up Google slide