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National Weather Service
Professional Development Series
Professional Competency Unit |
Marine Weather Services
PCU 3: Utilize and Integrate Marine
Observations to Evaluate the Current State of the Marine
Environment
Producers: James Partain, NCEP/MPC,
and Dave Gilhousen, NDBC
Description of Job Duty Competency
to be Achieved
Be able to collect, decode, quality control, integrate, and
display marine observations to assess the current state of the
marine environment.
Description of Need
The marine environment is a data-sparse region consisting of
diverse data sources. This PCU provides a comprehensive set of
skills to effectively apply marine observational data to the
warning and forecast process.
Specific Job Task Skills and
Knowledge
1. Understand the marine area of responsibility as it relates to
climatology, remote sensing, and in-situ platforms.
2. Address marine issues as passed on by the PMO or the Marine
Customer Service Team.
- PMO program and Marine Customer Service Team
3. Integrate various data sources to evaluate and forecast the
marine environment.
- Marine data types:CMAN, buoy, ship, remote sensing (radar,
satellite, sounder, lightning), MAREPS, tidal gauge, profilers,
and Coast Guard reports
- Archive sources of marine data
- Integrating data sources to evaluate and forecast the marine
environment (link to IST PDS?)
- Obtaining/disseminating local observations
Instructional
Components
Instructional Component 2.1:
To be defined.
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Last updated on 2/22/01