Climate Services Professional Development Series

PCU 1: Know the Infrastructure for Climate Data and Services

PCU 2: Understand Climate Variability and Change and Apply to Local Services

PCU 3: Understand the Basis and Methodologies of CPC Products

PCU 4: Use NOAA Climate Products and Tools in Local Climate Services

PCU 5: Apply Climate Information to Decision Support, Partnership, and Communication

PCU 6: Understand Principles for Conducting Timely, Accurate, and Consistent Climate Data Observations and the Broad Range of Their Applications

Residence Training:

Operational Climate Services

Climate Variability

Advanced Climate Variability

Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) IDSS

Professional Development Series Index Executive Producer: Marina Timofeyeva, AFS/CSB The purpose of this training is to facilitate NWS field staff's understanding and application of climate products and services (e.g., from NCEP, NOAA laboratories, National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) products and papers). Field staff must be able to incorporate and apply new ideas and techniques of dynamic climatology at the local level. Field staff must be able to communicate climate information and concepts as part of the office outreach program.

Professional Competency Units This Professional Development Series (PDS) includes the Professional Competency Units (PCU) listed below. Click on a unit to see details.