Climate Services Professional Development Series

PCU 1: Know the Infrastructure for Climate Data and Services

PCU 2: Understand Climate Variability and Change and Apply to Local Services

PCU 3: Understand the Basis and Methodologies of CPC Products

PCU 4: Use NOAA Climate Products and Tools in Local Climate Services

PCU 5: Apply Climate Information to Decision Support, Partnership, and Communication

PCU 6: Understand Principles for Conducting Timely, Accurate, and Consistent Climate Data Observations and the Broad Range of Their Applications

Residence Training:

Operational Climate Services

Climate Variability

Advanced Climate Variability

Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) IDSS

PCU 1: Know the Infrastructure for Climate Data and Services Producer: Jenna Meyers, AFS/CSB Training need: NWS field staff must provide accurate and consistent climate information and services to NWS customers, and have a working knowledge of credible sources of information from a wide array of providers.

Training objective: NWS field staff need to identify appropriate sources of climate data, products, and information.

Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge:

Utilize climate data from different providers:

NESDIS/NCEI
Regional Climate Centers
State Climatologists
Universities
OAR/NCO Integrated Regional Assessments
Cooperative Institutes
OAR Laboratories (e.g., CDC, PMEL, AOML, FSL, GLERL)
Local sources (e.g., office, cooperative observers)
USDA, USGS, COE, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation

Access climate forecasts from the different providers:

Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
Experimental (e.g., IRI, CDC, CPC)
Private sector
Other national and international meteorological organizations (e.g., UK MetOffice, ECWCF, and other World Meteorological Organization partners)

Apply information on climate variability and climate change from various sources:

Official NOAA sources (e.g., CPC, NCEI, ESRL)
Universities
Other US Federal Government labs
RCCs/State Climatologists
Professional organizations (e.g., AMS, AGU, AAG)
International Organizations (e.g., WMO, IPCC)
Private organizations (e.g., EPRI)