Extractions: Administrative Report 21 Research and Monitoring (Component 5) Status Initial discussions between the EUCFP and recently established TAFORI - FinNIDA funded project were held. The aim was to review the EUCFP research proposals and agree on the development of the project research strategy. Upgrading of the computer hardware and software was done. A photocopy machine, necessary accessories and material were procured. The study on the economic and hydrology value of the catchment forestry was not implemented. A discussion with the Regional Hydrologist had resolved that, such a study would need more data for comparison purpose. Hydrological data collection will continue during 1997, to allow more data for the study. The study on suitable tree species for farm forestry was dropped for 1996. However efforts to carry out this activity are on plans (see activity 3.2.2-3). The biodiversity surveys by Frontier-Tanzania, in Kambai, Semdoe, Kwamgumi and part of Mtai were continued. Amani Nature Reserve was dropped in 1996. The evaluation of the biodiversity surveys, was made. A number of recommendations and modifications suggested, had already been incorporated during surveys, for Mtae and Kwamgumi forest reserve.
France and lakes, aquatic contamination, meteorology, wastewater treatment and remote sensingapplied to the environment. collaborative activities have consisted of http://www.ec.gc.ca/international/bilat/france_e.htm
Extractions: In recent years, Canada-France relations have been cultivated by a series of visits by our respective heads of State and of Government. During Prime Minister Jospin's visit to Canada in December 1998, the two prime ministers signed an Action Program aimed at strengthening the bilateral relationship in a number of areas, notably in the field of environment. Canada and France also collaborate closely in multilateral organizations such as the UN, the G-8 Economic Summit, the OECD, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and La Francophonie. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Environmental Cooperation was signed by the two Environment Ministers in February 1991. While scientific and technological cooperation occurred for many years under the Canada/France Joint Scientific Commission, the purpose of the MOU was to strengthen the dialogue in the field of environmental policy. Key areas of collaboration include the management of large rivers and lakes, aquatic contamination, meteorology, wastewater treatment and remote sensing applied to the environment. Collaborative activities have consisted of joint laboratory studies, exchange of scientists and technology transfer. In addition, the Environmental Technology Centre has entered into a number of cooperative programs with France dealing with Environmental Emergencies and the Microwave-Assisted Process Programs. There has been collaboration between the Biosphere and a number of French institutes such as Oceanopolis and l'Office internationale de l'eau. In 1997, a French team from Oceanopolis visited the Biosphere in Montreal. An Internet website has been created by the Biosphere, which links young people from Brest, Montreal and Belgium. They form an observation network and share information related to water.
Scientific Expedition | Team Profiles | Paul Mayewski strong collaborative activities with numerous international institutions (eg, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, Nepalese Department of Hydrology and meteorology , http://www.secretsoftheice.org/scientific/paul-mayewski.html
Extractions: Orono, Maine Paul is the Field Leader of the US ITASE expedition. He has led more than 35 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic (where a peak is named for him and where he explored uncharted territories), the Arctic (where he led fellow scientists in the recovery of a 250,000 year long record of climate change), the Himalayas (where he led the first scientific expedition into the glaciers of interior Ladakh since the early 20th century) and the Tibetan Plateau. Along with his co-author, Frank White, Paul recently (March 2002) published a book for popular audiences - "The Ice Chronicles" - that captures the adventure of scientific research in remote reaches of the Earth and a description of important new breakthroughs in the understanding of climate change resulting from this research. In 1989 he and his wife Lyn were in Grenoble, France attending an international scientific meeting when Paul suggested to the participants at the meeting that they consider joining the logistic and scientific expertise of what is now 15 countries to explore recent changes in climate and atmospheric chemistry over Antarctica. Lyn used her talents as an artist (she is a silversmith and watercolorist) to draw a preliminary sketch of an ITASE traverse to present to the meeting and over the following years ITASE became a major initiative for several national and international organizations.
Education ForeCAST Tip Sheet multidisciplinary tasks submitting the data; collaborative tasks doing on theGLOBE measurement activities and help meteorology Source List K12 (www.crh http://educonnect.org/nsmeteorology.html
Extractions: Its called GLOBE, and each day it brings data from schools around the world onto the Internet and into the global science community. Students from the ages of approximately five through eighteen years in schools throughout the world conduct a continuing program of scientifically meaningful environmental measurements. GLOBE students transmit their data to a central data processing facility via the Internet, receive vivid images composed of their data and data from other GLOBE schools around the world, acquire information from a variety of sources, and collaborate with scientists and other GLOBE students and communities worldwide in using these data for education and research. The measurements taken by the GLOBE students serve two important purposes. First, participating scientists use these data in their research programs to improve our understanding of the global environment. Second, students not only learn how to carry out a scientifically rigorous program of Earth observations, but also learn to use their own measurements, together with data from other GLOBE schools, as a key part of their study of environmental science. Through contact with and mentoring by scientists, the students receive feedback about the value of their data sets in world class scientific research. GLOBE provides extensive educational materials to enrich the learning experience of participating students. These materials include a wide variety of classroom and field activities to help students place their measurements in a broader context and relate their own local observations to global environmental issues.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY, PUNE may be followed by subsequent peak(peaks) in the activities. the RussianIndian Sub-WorkingGroup on meteorology a delegation of IITM-CSU collaborative Project. http://dst.gov.in/areport/9900/iitmp.htm
Extractions: The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology functions as a National Centre for basic and applied research in Tropical Meteorology. Its primary functions are to promote, guide and conduct research in the field of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences in all its aspects with special reference to the tropics and sub-tropics. The Institute organises manpower development programmes by arranging specialised training programmes in different areas of atmospheric sciences. The Institute also collaborates in the national and international collaborative research programmes, and also arranges field experiments of its own and through participation in the multi-agency missions. The highlights of the progress made during the year are summarised below: i) Technology Development Projects Research models for the long range prediction of Indian monsoon rainfall for the year 1999 based on different statistical techniques and by using different Global Circulation Models have been developed and seasonal forecasts for the monsoon have been communicated to the India Meteorological Department. All the models had forecast the monsoon rainfall for 1999 to be on the positive side of the normal. A new method named extrapography, which involves time series modeling and one step ahead extrapolation, has been developed for the prediction of winter, summer, June, July+August, September and Post-monsoon rainfalls in sequential manner over relatively plain and contiguous India.
Meteorological Training And Professional Development Links Page COMET Cooperative Program for Operational meteorology, Education and infoabout NWS/University collaborative activities; Partners Projects; fellowships; http://www.nwas.org/committees/training/links.html
PROMISE Research At ICTP PROMISE research and cooperation activities at ICTP of meteorology, University ofReading) will host a especially focussed on the collaborative work between EU http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~moltenif/projects/promise_ictp.html
Extractions: Various aspects of the influence of SST anomalies on the development of rain-bearing circulation systems in the tropical regions will be studied by means of sensitivity experiments performed with an atmospheric GCM, in collaboration with ECMWF. These experiments will investigate the influence of springtime SST anomalies in the West Pacific and Indian Ocean on the development of the Asian summer monsoon. The results of ensembles of seasonal integrations from the PRISM project, designed to isolate the effects of anomalous land surface conditions on the Asian Summer Monsoon, will be diagnosed in detail using EOF and SVD analysis. Specifically, the relationship between winter snow depth anomalies, anomalies in surface energy fluxes, land surface temperatures and soil moisture in spring, and monsoon circulation/rainfall anomalies in early summer will be established. Further verifications of the snow/soil moisture/monsoon relationship will be performed on the coupled integrations of the DEMETER project. The sensitivity of convective rainfall over the Amazon and Congo basins during the northern winter to soil moisture anomalies, and to their representation by land surface parametrization schemes, will be investigated. Soil moisture/ evaporation anomalies over the tropical continents will be generated by modifying the soil water fluxes and/or evapotranspiration properties in the surface parametrization scheme of the model. Different versions of the model parametrizations schemes may also be used. The design and validation of the experiments will be done in collaboration with ECMWF and other institutions.
Frank Potter's Science Gems - Earth Science II Polar Research Center Ohio State University meteorology research at Lesson plan,questions, activities, maps Join us in this collaborative project and compare http://www.sciencegems.com/earth2.html
Extractions: Globe Visualizations - NASA Goddard Interactive access to satellite images worldwide for students. View temperature maps, land cover assessment maps, soil moisture, albedo, cloud cover, precipitation, evaporation, and much more. Zoom in or out! There is also a lesson on how the satellite reconstructed images are produced plus info on different types of map projections.
November 19, 1998 Central Methodist College to discuss possible collaborative activities. is handsonactivities covering topics in chemistry, astronomy, and meteorology and the http://creative.smsu.edu/g2k/RA/meetings/11-19-8.htm
Extractions: Copies of the 1 st workshop lab manual are available. Each workshop can have three hours of graduate credit associated with it. During the academic year, a Documentation Project goes on. This allows the teachers to document their use of what they have learned during the summer plus establishing outreach activities through the community. Our activities with inservice teachers were described as well. It looked like there would be areas we could work together on. Discussion continued as to what kind of collaboration might occur between our groups. Topics included:
Dr. John Norman feature of his career has been collaborative activity. applications to agriculture,ecology, forestry and meteorology. More recent activities emphasize the use http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/kuehnast_lecture/norman.htm
ENC Online: ENC Features: Lessons & Activities: Science Topics: Observation The site was developed through the collaborative effort of entomologists at (Formore details, see ENC Record.); Student activities in meteorology Date 2003 http://www.enc.org/features/lessonplans/science/0,1578,1-Observation,00.shtm
Extractions: Skip Navigation You Are Here ENC Home ENC Features Science Topics Search the Site More Options Classroom Calendar Digital Dozen ENC Focus ... Ask ENC Explore online lesson plans, student activities, and teacher learning tools. Find detailed information about thousands of materials for K-12 math and science. Read articles about inquiry, equity, and other key topics for educators and parents. Create your learning plan, read the standards, and find tips for getting grants. Use science topic words to find web sites with lesson plans and activities. BioInteractive virtual labs
Page Title 20042005 consisting of several collaborative activities and the Health and Populationactivities (including nutrition Science and Technology, and meteorology. http://www.saarc-sec.org/newslet/jan-mar04/1_files/page0010.htm
Extractions: SAARC Cooperation with Other International Agencies REQUEST FORM FOR SAARC NEW S Please send me SAARC NEWS regularly by post. Name: Mr. Mrs. Ms: Main interest in SAARC NEWS: Postal Address / e-mail : E-mail address: SAARC-ASEAN COLLABORATION As per the directive of the Council of Ministers in their Informal Meeting in New York in 2003, a team from the SAARC Secretariat led by the Secretary-General participated at a Planning Workshop at the ASEAN Headquarters on 19-21 January 2004. During the Workshop, officials from the two Secretariats exchanged information and updated each other on their ongoing activities and future Work Plan. On the basis of previously identified areas of cooperation, they drew up a Partnership Work Plan for the year 2004-2005 consisting of several collaborative activities and the Guidelines for SAARC-ASEAN Secretariats Partnership. During the visit, the Secretary General of SAARC addressed an audience of ASEAN Secretariat officials, local media representatives and representatives of SAARC missions on recent developments in SAARC and Future of SAARC-ASEAN Cooperation. SAARC-WORLD BANK COOPERATION SAARC signed a Cooperation Arrangement with the World Bank on 9 March 2004 at the SAARC Secretariat. The SAARC Secretary General signed the Cooperation Arrangement on behalf of SAARC. The Arrangement was earlier signed by the Vice-President of the Bank, Mr. Praful Patel.
Activities Report sectors, academia, and industry in a collaborative effort to This activity includedthe formation of a joint of the Federal Coordinator for meteorology and the http://www.ofcm.gov/homepage/text/act_rpt.htm
Extractions: (OFCM) Natural Disaster Reduction Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference OFCM annually hosts the Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference (IHC) to provide a forum for the responsible Federal agencies, together with representatives of the user communities such as emergency management, to review the Nation's hurricane forecast and warning program and to make recommendations on how to improve the program in the future. The 57 th IHC was held in Miami, Florida, March 10-14, 2003. The theme for the conference was The Nation's Hurricane Warning Program-Streamlining the Roadmap for the Future . Dr. James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator, provided the keynote address. The conference began with a review of the 2002 tropical cyclone season in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean, followed by sessions on: Observing and Reconnaissance Technologies; Hurricane Modeling and Prediction; Tropical Cyclone Hazards, Impacts, and Products; The National Hurricane Program-Where the Rubber Meets the Road;
FELT 2000 Grenci, meteorology Bill Syrett, meteorology Todd Miner, meteorology College of Preliminarydata suggest these collaborative activities have fostered positive http://www.psu.edu/celt/grants/FELT2000.html
Bureau Of Meteorology Annual Report 2001-02 last session and to plan for future activities;; discussions on collaboration in ultravioletradiation research;; the Director of meteorology Dr John Zillman and http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/eiab/reports/ar01-02/International_Meteorological_A
Extractions: Select: BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY ANNUAL REPORT 2001-2002 Annual Report 2001-2002 Home Letter of transmittal Introduction - The Bureau of Meteorology - Charter - Goals, Objectives and Policies - Programs, Outputs and Outcomes - Organisation - Operation - Planning and Evaluation - Corporate Strategy 2001-06 - Budget and Program 2001-02 - Structure of this Report Overview - Highlights - Management and Organisation - Corporate Achievements - Major Issues - Resource Use Meteorological and Related Data and Products - Highlights - Resource Use - Performance - Observational Data - Processed Data and Products Meteorological and Related Research - Highlights - Resource Use - Performance - Pure Research - Strategic Research - Applied Research - Supporting Research and Development and Systems Implementation - Research-related Activities Weather Services - Highlights - Resource Use - Performance - Severe Weather Warning Services - Public Weather Services - Marine Services - Aviation Weather Services - Defence Weather Services - Special Weather Services Climate Services - Highlights - Resource Use - Performance - Archived Data - Climate Data Service - Climate Monitoring Service
Collaborative Science, Technology, And Applied Research Program collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research Program (CSTAR) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has had a long history of entering into cooperative activities with http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/cstar.htm
Extractions: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has had a long history of entering into cooperative activities with colleges and universities. As the Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) progresses, the number and types of interactions have been growing steadily. As a result, the Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) program has been established by the Office of Meteorology to bring the current variety of NWS-supported collaborative activities with the academic community into a structured program and to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied research to operations and services. This service-science linkage provides a foundation for the ongoing modernization of the NWS. The benefits derived from collaborative research activities initiated in CSTAR are numerous. NWS and university resources are leveraged, which will accelerate application of new science to operational forecasting. Collaborative research enables mutual sharing of information and data that may have been previously unavailable. Numerous opportunities for diverse partnerships are created, and these opportunities contribute to the scientific education of current and future workforce. All CSTAR efforts are geared toward enhancing scientific interactions leading to a transfer of improved scientific understanding and technological advancements into the total forecast system. These efforts support the United States Weather Research Program's (USWRP's) goal of advancing weather observing capabilities and fundamental understanding of weather and using this understanding to improve numerical weather prediction and enhance weather services provided to the Nation. In close association with the USWRP, the NWS has established a set of science priorities in support of the Advance Short-Term Forecast and Warning Services element of the NOAA Strategic Plan around which research in the CSTAR program is currently focused. These NWS Science Priorities are as follows:
The Internet As A Medium For Teaching - Professional Support And Curriculum Information source Internet activities can enable students to from the Bureauof meteorology to gain and can design solutions in collaboration with other http://www.curriculumsupport.nsw.edu.au/learningtechnologies/index.cfm?u=4&i=37
Artificial Intelligence And Meteorology Systems (IIPS) for meteorology, Oceanography and need, we developed a new CollaborativeConvective Forecast Research activities Developement of procedures and http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~bjarne/aimet/
Extractions: Abstract: An examination of the creation of an effective learning environment for a large undergraduate survey course in meteorology, based on constructivist learning theory. The project reflects conversion of an information transmission model of teaching to an active-student, knowledge-construction learning environment, without sacrifice of class size, utilizing technological innovations. Advancements in our understanding of human learning, shifts in societal requirements of education, and demands for increased economy of schooling have created considerable pressure for large changes in educational practices. These changes have begun with a major shift in instructional philosophy that grounds new and radically different theories of learning. The new theories create a strong challenge for educators to develop instructional materials and teaching strategies that reflect these theories. In this paper an on-going project based on the theory of constructivism is described. This project explores the creation of an effective learning environment for a large undergraduate survey course.
