Notes and news
Meteorological Applications · 1998
Over time, this Web site will become the principal location for all Web-based materials produced by the three training programmes as well as information on their training and education activities.The three training centres have begun delivering some of their training via the Web because:• It is easy to access training from home or work.• More than one person can train at a time.• Materials become hardware independent.• The content is easy to update after the initial release.• Materials can be delivered faster to the field.• Distribution costs are reduced.The COMET module "Mesoscale Convective Systems: Squall Lines and Bow Echoes" can be accessed via the Meted Web site.This complements and expands upon the material in the CD modules titled "A Convective Storm Matrix" and "Antici-pating Convective Storm Structure and Evolution."The primary goal of this Web module is to provide forecasters a means to understand, recognise, and anticipate organised convective system evolution and the associated potential for producing severe weather, based on an understanding of the physical processes that control their evolution.Special emphasis is placed on the role that buoyancy and vertical wind shear interactions have in controlling system structure and evolution.The ability to anticipate what is possible and probable during a system's evolution allows forecasters to better manage their activities during these potentially longlived and severe convective events.Other related materials will be produced by OSF and NWSTC, some of which will be available from the Meted Web site.