The WES Water Week Page

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The WES Water Week Page

• Edward J. Hopkins
• Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
• Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
• hopkins_at_meteor.wisc.edu
• 7 July 2000
• Annapolis, MD

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WES Water Week Page

• INTRODUCTION
• Background/Motivation
• Our Experiences from DataStreme
• An important learning tool
• Relevance.
• My Experiences

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WES Water Week PageINTRODUCTION (cont.)

• Goals
• Supplemental Material
• Bridging a gap (Technology vs. Theory)
• Current News involving Water (National and
  International)
• Web Access
• Delivery Schedule

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WES Water WeekOrganizational StructureTentative
Page would contain

• Concept of Week
• Water in the News
• Historical
• where

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WES Water WeekOrganizational Structure

• Concept of Week
• Short narrative
• Topic to supplement text/Activities
• Links to be included.

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WES Water WeekOrganizational Structure (cont.)

• Water in the News
• Current topics from national international news
  services
• Regularly scheduled information
• Links to be included.

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WES Water WeekOrganizational Structure (cont.)

• Significant Historical Events
• Several events (e.g., floods, tropical weather
  systems) for anniversary dates during week
• Distilled from daily history files.

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WES Water WeekProposed Set of Concepts

• Week 1
• Interpretation of Weather Satellite Imagery for
  Introducing the Earth System
• Week 2
• National Water Quality Program for Water's
  Unique Properties

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WES Water WeekProposed Set of Concepts (cont.)

• Week 3
• Great Lakes Mass Budget or USGS Water
  Resources forThe Global Water Cycle
• Week 4
• Observing water vapor at surface and aloft for
  Water in the Atmosphere Humidity and Saturation

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WES Water WeekProposed Set of Concepts (cont.)

• Week 5
• Doppler Radar Network forWater in the
  Atmosphere Clouds and Precipitation
• Week 6
• Historical Droughts and Drought Indices for
  Water in the Lithosphere Groundwater

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WES Water WeekProposed Set of Concepts (cont.)

• Week 7
• River Flow and hydrographs from USGS for Rivers,
  Lakes and Glaciers
• Week 8
• TBA for Ocean in the Earth System

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WES Water WeekProposed Set of Concepts (cont.)

• Week 9
• Operational Products from NCEPs Marine
  Prediction and Tropical Prediction Centers for
  Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
• Week 10
• Beach temperatures for Water in Earth's
  Climate System

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WES Water WeekProposed Set of Concepts (cont.)

• Week 11
• Monitoring El Niño and La Niña on the Web for
  El Niño and La Niña Perturbers of Climate
• Week 12
• NOAAs Paleoclimate Program for Climate Change
  and the Hydrosphere

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WES Water Week

• WES HOME PAGE
• SAMPLE WES WATER WEEK PAGE

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WES Water Week

• Suggestions...
• Are always welcome!
• Contact
• hopkins_at_meteor.wisc.edu