Professional Development Committee

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PDC Word Cloud

This "word cloud" was created by the members of the 2012 NWA Professional Development Committee in response to the question:
"What does professional development mean to you?"

The PDC Vision Members of all NWA disciplines always learning from each other to provide and employ the most effective professional tools and techniques that make a significant and positive impact on producing world class operational environmental products and services.

The PDC Mission To enhance NWA members' awareness of and participation in professional development opportunities to create and encourage a learning environment where we improve our individual and organizational weather, water, ocean, climate, and other operational environmental analysis and prediction products and services.

Professional Development Topics

Measured Severe Convective Wind Gust Climatology of Thunderstorms and Associated Convective Modes for the Contiguous United States, 2003-2009 by Bryan T. Smith and Richard L. Thompson
Best of the 2011 Annual Meeting, A NWA PDC Feature Article

Physical Assessment of Hurricane Rapid Intensification using Kernel Principal Component Analysis by Andrew E. Mercer and Jamie L. Dyer
Best of the 2011 Annual Meeting, A NWA PDC Feature Article

The ABI on GOES-R by Tim Schmit, NOAA NESDIS
Best of the 2011 Annual Meeting, A NWA PDC Feature Article
COMET

Recent News from COMET

Several new modules have been published since we shared our spring quarterly update. Please read on for details and direct web links to items that may be of the most interest to you!

Read more from Greg Byrd in the NWA Newsletter!
EJ Paper Image Stay current with the latest research in the field.

Read the new articles submitted to the
online National Weather Association's
Electronic Journal for Operational Meteorology

Professional Development Opportunities and Quick Links


Training Links (open new window):

Committee Activities, Meetings, and Members

Publication Opportunities

Conferences, Meetings, and Other Events
for AGU, AMS, and WAS*IS

Student Presentation Awards

Newsletter Articles

Best Practices

NWS Training Portal

MetEd Training Home Page

COMET Home Page

NSSL Briefings Online

Career Basics:  Advice and Resources for Scientists from Science Careers (PDF)

Sundar Christopher's "Positioning yourself for success:  A Career Guide for Graduate Students" (PDF)

Measuring and Mapping Precipitation:  The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network

Charles K. Gatebe's "The Art of Creating and Giving Effective Presentations at Scientific Meetings" (PDF)

Do you have an idea or suggestion to improve the Professional Development Committee's web pages?
Please feel free to submit feedback to our committee chair, Greg Carbin, via e-mail at Greg.Carbin.@.gmail.com. Thanks!