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PCU 4: Use NOAA Climate Products and Tools in Local Climate Services Producer: Andrea Bair, NWS Western Region Headquarters and Jenna Meyers, AFS Climate Services Training need: NWS staff use available NOAA climate products and tools, add local context, and communicate the information to local partners, stakeholders, and users.
Training objective: NWS staff must extend their knowledge of NOAA climate products, tools, and services in order to provide locally-tailored products, services, and studies.
Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge:
- Link current weather conditions with ongoing climate variability events
- Deliver Local 3 Month Temperature Outlook and other NOAA climate forecast products at local level
- Become an expert in local impacts of climate variability and change
- Add local value to areas with low seasonal outlook skill
PCU 4 Instructional Components:
Please note, updated modules for each instructional component are in development.
Links will be added as they become available.
Instructional Component 4.1: Local Climatology (Residence Training on Climate Variability)
- xmACIS
Training Module (Web Version | LMS Version)
- Local Climate Normals and Methods of Their Computation
- NCEI Tools for Local Climatology Products
Instructional Component 4.2: Local Climate Studies
- Online training modules on Local Climate Analysis Tool (LCAT) Introduction, data, methods, and applications
- LCAT:
- LCAT Data:
- LCAT Methods:
- LCAT Applications:
- Understanding Local Climate
Training Module (Web Version)
- Supporting Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Training Module (Web Version)
- Responding to Local Users - LCAT Appropriate and Inappropriate Applications
Training Module (Web Version)
- LCAT Arctic Capabilities
Training Module (Web Version)
- Using the Local Climate Analysis Tool (LCAT) for Water Resilience Decisions
Training Module (MetEd Version | LMS Version)
- NOAA Tools for Climate Variability Teleconnections
Instructional Components 4.3: Linking Weather and Climate Events
- Communicating Subseasonal to Seasonal Impacts: Climate-Weather Interactions
Training Module (MetEd Version | LMS Version)
- Process for Linking Current Weather Conditions with Ongoing Climate Variability Events
- Adding local value to areas with low seasonal outlook skill- under development with CPC experts
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