Finding Training Resources in Meteorology and Hydrology

1. MetEd (from the COMET Program)

MetEd is a collection of open educational resources developed with funding from national meteorological and geoscience agencies from around the world. The site has the functionality of a learning management system with various tools to help the user keep track of and share their learning. Most resources on the site are freely available for reuse for non-commercial, educational use.

2. EUMeTrain Training Resources

EUMeTrain is an international training project sponsored by EUMETSAT to support and increase the use of meteorlogical satellite data. To learn more, visit the website of the EUMeTrain project.

3. EUMETSAT Training

Helping people interpreting and using satellite data is an integral part of the work of EUMETSAT. All available learning courses, workshops and training materials described in the Training section of the EUMETSAT site.

https://www.eumetsat.int/data-and-user-support/training

For information about online learning, see:

https://www.eumetsat.int/online-learning

4. ECMWF

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) learning programme covers numerical weather prediction and the use of the Centre’s computer facilities and forecast products. Training resources are available to download from https://www.ecmwf.int/en/learning/education-material

5. VISIT Training Sessions

A collection of recorded training sessions from 20 years of VISIT.

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/training_sessions/

6. NASA SPoRT

An excellent collection of short training modules on satellite applications. 

https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/sport/training-repo/

7. WMO Global Campus Collection of Learning Resources

A growing collection of open educational resources hosted by WMO under the Global Campus initiative. Resources are chosen that particularly help Members develop knowledge and skills for the job responsibility areas described within WMO competency frameworks.

https://etrp.wmo.int/course/view.php?id=346#section-0

8. COMET/MetEd Review of Aeronautical Meteorology

The resources in this Review of Aeronautical Meteorology course are being offered by The COMET^® Program to serve the continuing education needs of aeronautical forecasters around the world. They total over 60 hours of training. The modules and module sections listed in the Course Outline have been chosen as the most useful materials COMET offers for aeronautical forecasting training needs. Many additional modules from the MetEd Website may be useful for individual forecasters, depending on their geographic locations, degree of forecasting experience, and current level of hydrometeorological education.

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=11

9. Melbourn VLab CoE Regional Focus Group Recordings

http://www.virtuallab.bom.gov.au/archive/regional-focus-group-recordings/

10. ASMET: African Satellite Meteorology Education and Training

The ASMET site shares free, self-paced online learning resources that teach African forecasters how to enhance their forecasts by making better use of meteorological satellite images and products.

https://asmet.africa/