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Climate Services Professional Development Series

Unit 3: Demonstrate Understanding of the Basis and Methodoligies of CPC Products

Instructional Component 3.2

Navigating the Climate Prediction Center's Website

Ed O'Lenic (NOAA/NWS/CPC)
Julie Adolphson (NOAA/NWS/GGW)


1) Introduction

    This is a Basic session.

    Objectives:

  • Acquaint users with the format of the CPC Web Site

  • Highlight key features of the site

  • Discuss some popular products and how they could help you better provide climate services to your customers



2) Prerequisites
    None
3) Teletraining Installation Instructions


4) Training Session Options:

    A.) The interactive VISITview training session. (To be used with a VISIT instructor leading the session ). Click here to signup for teletraining. The session will last 45 minutes. This teletraining session uses the VISITview software, where Windows PC with an Internet connection is needed.

    B.) Web-based training session - a "stand alone" version viewed via a Web browser, with embedded talking points included. This lesson version may be viewed at any time. These slides are ideal for printing from the web-browser, just print preview first to choose portrait or landscape mode. Best viewed with Internet Explorer or Netscape (prior to version 6).

    C.) Web-based Visitview session - This version uses the VISITview software within a Web browser, may be viewed at any time. It retains all the functionality of the VISITview software which you see in a "live" teletraining session. The talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser (or printed out beforehand).

    D.) local Visitview session - This is the same version of the lesson used in a "live" VISITview teletraining session, but no connection is made to an external VISITview server. You may download the file off this page and go through the lesson on your own in "local mode" by starting the "visitlocal.bat" file. Talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser ( or printed out beforehand).

    E.) Audio playback - This VISITview file contains recorded audio and annotations and can be taken at anytime. Certificates of completion for NOAA employees can be obtained through your Science Operation Officer or training point of contact. For detailed information on how to view the recorded session click here.

    You may either request a DVD (with all VISIT audio playback files) OR download the file (see instructions below):

    Create a directory to download the audio playback file (it is about 41 MB in size) from one of the following sites:
    ftp://rammftp.cira.colostate.edu/bikos/audio/climatewebsite_audio_27jul04.exe
    OR
    ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/visit/audio/climatewebsite_audio_27jul04.exe

    After extracting the files into that directory click on the visitauto.bat file to start the lesson.


5) References/Additional Links


6) Train the trainer

    Talking points (Word Document) - these may be used by local offices in tandem with the visitview training session (run in local mode - "visitlocal.bat"). The talking points may be printed out to easily review the session in detail at any time. The web page version contains talking points embedded in each slide (useful for printing).

7) Content developed/updated
    2003
8) Information contact