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Professional Competency Unit 2:
Demonstrate Understanding of Climate Variability and Change Sufficient
to Apply to Local Services |
| Instructional Component 2.1: Introduction
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The training objective of this Instructional Component is to provide
an introduction to Climate Variability, such as main terminology
used in defining and analyzing climate as well as relevance of climatic
patterns to synoptic scale meteorology. To meet the Instructional
Component 2.1 requirements a trainee is expected to complete the
following modules:
2.1.1. Climate Versus Weather (residence
training on Climate Variability)
2.1.2. Statistics in Climate Analysis
Glossary of Statistical Terms
Basic
Statistics I: definitions of climate time series, period and
frequency, histogram, pfd, mean, variance, etc.
Basic
Statistics II: climate time series spectrum, types of correlation
and definition of statistical noise
Statistical
Noise or Should Synopticians Worry About Climate? (webcast)
2.1.3. Dynamic Climatology
Glossary of
Dynamic Meteorology Terms
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