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Downloaded 10/06/21 06:22 PM UTC Et Al educational affairs Faculty Workshop on Using Instructional Technologies and Satellite Data for College-Level Education in the Atmospheric and Earth Sciences Melanie Wetzel,3 David Dempsey," Sandra Nilsson,c Mohan Ramamurthy,d Steve Koch,e Jennie Moody/ David Knights Charles Murphy,h David Fulker,c Mary Marlino/ Michael Morgan/ Doug Yarger,k Dan Vietor,1 and Greg Coxm ABSTRACT An education-oriented workshop for college faculty in the atmospheric and related sciences was held in Boulder, Colorado, during June 1997 by three programs of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. The objective of this workshop was to provide faculty with hands-on training in the use of Web-based instructional methods for spe- cific application to the teaching of satellite remote sensing in their subject areas. More than 150 faculty and associated scientists participated, and postworkshop evaluation showed it to have been a very successful integration of information and activities related to computer-based instruction, educational principles, and scientific lectures. 1. Introduction mospheric Research (UCAR)—the Unidata Program; the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorol- Through improved visualization and interactive ogy, Education and Training (COMET); and the Pro- analyses, computer-based learning technology offers gram for the Advancement of Geoscience Education great benefit to education and research in the earth and (PAGE)—conducted a faculty workshop 22-27 June atmospheric sciences. One area in which this is par- 1997 entitled "Using Instructional Technologies and ticularly true is instruction related to satellite remote Satellite Data for College-Level Education in the At- sensing, which requires image display and animation mospheric and Earth Sciences." Unidata and COMET to fully apprehend the physical processes and concepts have a successful history of working together in the inherent in the data. To promote the effective use of development of faculty workshops that blend ad- computer-assisted instruction that utilizes these data, vanced instructional methods with diverse observa- three programs of the University Corporation for At- tional data and meteorological forecast models (Wash a Atmospheric Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, Reno, 'Program for the Advancement of Geoscience Education, Univer- Nevada. sity Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Francisco, California. Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, cUnidata Program Center, University Corporation for Atmospheric department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Research, Boulder, Colorado. University, Ames, Iowa. dDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univer- Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois. sity, West Lafayette, Indiana. department of MEAS, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, mGlobal Hydrology and Climate Center, University of Alabama North Carolina. in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama. department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Corresponding author address: Melanie Wetzel, Atmospheric Charlottesville, Virginia. Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, P.O. Box 60220, Reno, department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University NV 89506. at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, E-mail: [email protected] department of Geology and Meteorology, Kean College of New In final form 3 June 1998. Jersey, Union, New Jersey. ©1998 American Meteorological Society Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2153 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/06/21 06:22 PM UTC et al. 1992; Ramamurthy et al. 1995). Unidata provides ing in pedagogical lab activities. The outcome clearly meteorological data to over 150 university and affili- demonstrated that creativity and knowledge can be ated educational and research groups, as well as com- shared among colleagues to enhance education and puter-based applications software for scientific learning techniques in complementary forums, such as analysis. As part of this mission, satellite digital im- institutions of higher learning, international educa- agery is made available to colleges and universities on tional institutions, and secondary schools. a daily basis. Using satellite remote-sensing data to teach the concepts and techniques of earth systems science addresses educational needs described in a 2. Presentation on satellite remote- recent report by the Geosciences Education Working sensing topics Group of the National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation 1997). D. Johnson (University of Wisconsin—Madison) Discussions at the 1994 Unidata workshop entitled presented the keynote address. He challenged the in- "Teaching Mesoscale Meteorology in the Age of the structors to develop new interactive means of commu- Modernized National Weather Service" served as the nicating a knowledge base from which students can motivation for the development and implementation visualize the complex interactions and principles of at- of the 1997 workshop. From the town hall discussions mospheric phenomena. He used examples from ongo- held at the earlier workshop, it became apparent that ing educational outreach efforts to demonstrate the a future workshop should build upon the curriculum scientific requirements and benefits of increasing fun- recommendations, scientific concepts, and teaching damental understanding of physical and dynamic pro- methods presented at the 1994 workshop. This future cesses. J. Purdom (National Oceanic and Atmospheric workshop should specialize in the use of satellite data, Administration) provided an overview of radiative- the need for information exchange, and the availabil- transfer concepts, satellite instrument-channel selec- ity of computer-based information and interactive me- tion, and spectral reflectance and emittance properties teorological software tools. Additional impetus was of atmospheric and land targets. He discussed several provided by recommendations from the Unidata Us- useful World Wide Web sites for satellite data and ers Committee and the American Meteorological So- technical documentation. ciety meeting of heads and chairs that UCAR become J. Christy (University of Alabama in Huntsville) more proactive in the arena of education and instruc- summarized the use of microwave satellite observa- tional technology. The following overall goals for the tions to map global atmospheric temperature patterns. 1997 workshop were established: He described aspects of the radiative-transfer retrieval process, the use of radiosonde data for intercompari- 1) to communicate to university faculty how emerg- son, and issues related to instrument calibration; he ing analysis technology and computer-based inter- also presented results related to long-term global active learning can improve undergraduate- and trends. S. Ackerman (University of Wisconsin— graduate-level education and research capability; Madison) spoke on both scientific and pedagogical 2) to utilize the Geostationary Operational Environ- topics. He provided valuable guidelines for the selec- mental Satellite (GOES) and other new satellite data tion and implementation of instructional technology. sources to enhance conceptual and practical train- Ackerman emphasized that instructional technologies ing in the atmospheric and related sciences; and must increase student-faculty communication, build 3) to increase student understanding of interdiscipli- cooperation among students, encourage exploration of nary environmental processes. a subject, accommodate different learning styles, and allow prompt feedback to student responses or inquir- Unidata submitted a proposal for the workshop to ies. He also described a new Web-based course on the the National Science Foundation (NSF), and NSF, subject of remote-sensing instrument technology. This Unidata, and COMET jointly agreed to sponsor this course includes interactive exercises related to satel- workshop; it was held at the National Center for At- lite sensor design and covers topics such as signal-to- mospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, noise ratio and image pixel resolution. 22-27 June 1997. Sixty-five participants and speak- J. Snow (University of Oklahoma) prepared a lec- ers attended the workshop, which included attending ture on applications of Geographical Information Sys- lectures on satellite meteorology and then participat- tems (GIS) but was unable to attend; the material was 2154 Vol. 79, No. 10,, October 1998 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/06/21 06:22 PM UTC presented by D. Fulker, Unidata Program director. of the online material he has developed for his global Fulker led an active discussion on the importance of change course. Takle stressed how the Web-based practical training in meteorological applications, not- components of the course offer students a much more ing the increasing interplay of various environmental extensive resource and functionality base and allow disciplines and the economic impacts of meteorologi- them to regulate their own learning in terms of rate, cal conditions and events. The data merging and analy- style, and potential. He also made several recommen- sis tools of GIS can improve the utilization of dations for how to start developing Web-based meteorological data in teaching, environmental man- courses, including the importance of teamwork and agement,
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