Progress on SEGUE: Interactive Online Lessons for Undergraduate and Graduate Training in Meteorological Instrumentation and Measurements
Abstract
The National Center for Atmospheric Research Earth Observing Laboratory, The COMET Program, and Millersville University are in the second year of a collaboration that is producing a series of 10 online learning modules on subjects related to meteorological instrumentation and measurement. These open source, interactive, multimedia educational modules are intended to enhance traditional pedagogies and supplement blended instruction on topics such as instrument types, measurement techniques, site selection, and measurement uncertainty. The intended audience includes early graduate students and upper level undergraduates in atmospheric and related sciences courses, but the content is extensible to other disciplines where treatment of these topics is relevant.
- Published 1.) Foundations of Meteorological Instrumentation and Measurements, 2.) Meteorological Instrument Performance Characteristics, 3.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Atmospheric Temperature, and 4.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure - Planned publication by early 2019: 5.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Atmospheric Humidity, 6.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Surface Precipitation, 7.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Winds, and 8.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Gases. - Planned publication in summer 2019: 9.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Atmospheric Radiation and 10.) Instrumentation and Measurement of Clouds and Aerosols. The content of these modules is of the highest caliber as it has been developed by subject matter experts who are scientists and engineers at the forefront of the field of observational science. It is expected that this effort will fulfill the expressed need for contemporary, interactive, multimedia guided education and training modules integrating the latest instructional design and assessment tools in observational science. Thousands of undergraduate and graduate students will benefit, while course instructors will value a set of high quality lessons to use as supplements in their courses. For schools that may lack the resources to stage a field project or offer laboratory-based instrument/measurement experiences, the modules can fill the void and serve as an alternative to observational and laboratory research training.- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMED33C1099R
- Keywords:
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- 0805 Elementary and secondary education;
- EDUCATIONDE: 0815 Informal education;
- EDUCATIONDE: 0845 Instructional tools;
- EDUCATIONDE: 0850 Geoscience education research;
- EDUCATION