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Below you’ll find a list of all of the VISIT training sessions currently available, listed in reverse chronological order. To sort them by a different column, click the column heading at the top to reorder them. For modules organized into courses by topic, check out SHyMet. Former VISIT training sessions are retired to this page.

Training Sessions

Title	Topic	Instructor(s)	Developed	Updated	Length (min)
Data Fusion in Short-Term Severe Local Storm Forecasts and Warnings Exercise: 15 June 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Event	Severe	Dan Bikos Jim LaDue	2023		60
Data Fusion exercise: Anomalously low GLM flash extent density for the 28 April 2021 severe thunderstorm event	Severe	Dan Bikos Jim LaDue	2022		45
GOES Mesoscale Domain Sector (MDS) Request Best Practices	Satellite	Brian Motta	2022		30
Data Fusion techniques for Low-Topped Severe Thunderstorm Events	Severe	Dan Bikos Jim LaDue	2022		60
LightningCast	Lightning	Scott Lindstrom	2022		20
GOES-R Blowing Snow Detection	Winter / Sat	Scott Lindstrom Carl Jones	2020		15
JPSS / GOES Fire Monitoring Capabilities	Satellite	Jorel Torres	2020		20
Storm Signatures Observed in Satellite Imagery	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2020		15
Above Anvil Cirrus Plumes	Severe/Sat	Scott Lindstrom	2020		30
Integrating GOES Into Mesoanalysis	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2019		25
VIIRS NCC Imagery in AWIPS	Satellite	Jorel Torres	2019		20
NUCAPS Soundings	Sat FC-J	Scott Lindstrom	2018		20
Uses of VIIRS Imagery	Sat FC-J	Scott Lindstrom	2018		25
Microwave Surface Emissivity	Sat FC-J	CIRA	2018		25
Oxygen and Water Vapor Absorption Bands	Sat FC-J	CIRA	2018		30
Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing	Sat FC-J	CIRA	2018		25
Influence of Clouds and Precipitation	Sat FC-J	CIRA	2018		25
GOES-17 Loop Heat Pipe and Predictive Calibration	Satellite	Scott Lindstrom	2019		30
Severe Weather Applications of the GOES Split Window Difference Product	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2019	2019	20
Advected Layer Precipitable Water Product	Satellite	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2017	2021	20
Basic Review of Satellite Foundational Topics	Satellite	Scott Lindstrom Eric Lenning	2017		10
An Orientation to the GOES-R Foundational Course	Sat FC-G	James LaDue Anthony Mostek	2016		20
Designing an Effective Survey: A beginning course for physical scientists	Social Science	John Weaver	2016		25
Visualizing the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) in AWIPS	GLM	Geoffrey Stano	2016		10
GOES-R General Circulation Patterns	Sat FC-G	Ed Szoke Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Cyclogenesis Potential Vorticity Concepts	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Scott Bachmeier	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Atmospheric Rivers	Sat FC-G	Ed Szoke Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
Comparing NWP Synthetic / Simulated Satellite Imagery to Observed Satellite Imagery	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos Dan Lindsey	2016	2018	10
GOES-R TROWAL Formation	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom	2016	2018	10
Basic Operations of ABI on GOES-R	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Tim Schmit	2016	2018	15
GOES-R Multi-channel interpretation approaches	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom	2016	2018	30
GOES-R Volcanic Ash Product	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Michael Pavolonis	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Derived Motion Winds	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Scott Bachmeier	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Aerosols in AWIPS	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Shobha Kondragunta	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Cloud and microphysical products, fog and low stratus	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Andy Heidinger	2016	2018	15
GOES-R Legacy Atmospheric Profiles	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom Jun Li	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Fire characterization, land surface temperature and snow	Sat FC-G	Scott Lindstrom	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Fog / Low clouds: Formation and dissipation	Mesoscale	Scott Lindstrom	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Baseline Product: Rainfall rate	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos Bob Kuligowski	2016		10
GOES-R ABI Water Vapor Bands	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2016	2018	25
GOES-R Cyclogenesis life cycle	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2016	2018	20
GOES-R Cumulus growth	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Marine and polar mesolows	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Mountain waves and orographic enhancement	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Boundary-forced convection	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Low-level jet features	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Pre-convective cloud features	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Pre-convective environment	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos Chris Gitro	2016	2018	15
GOES-R Introduction to Mesoscale and Synoptic Sections	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Hurricane Intensity Estimate	Sat FC-G	Tim Olander Erin Dagg	2016		10
GOES-R Mesoscale Convective Systems	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	10
GOES-R Discrete Storms	Sat FC-G	Dan Bikos	2016	2018	20
Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) on AWIPS	Lightning	Brian Motta	2016		45
Introduction to NCC DNB VIIRS imagery in AWIPS	Satellite	Curtis Seaman Dan Lindsey	2016		20
Applications of RSO Satellite Imagery for Winter Storms	Winter / Sat	Ed Szoke Dan Bikos	2015		30
A Brief Introduction to Social Science: A course for physical scientists	Social Science	John Weaver	2015		30
NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Product	Severe/Sat	Scott Lindstrom	2014	2019	45
Use of VIIRS imagery for Tropical Cyclone Forecasting	Tropical/Sat	John Knaff Galina Chirokova	2015		12
NUCAPS and Gridded NUCAPS Profiles	Satellite	Scott Lindstrom	2015	2022	20
Can total lightning help with warnings for non-supercell tornadoes?	Severe Course	Ed Szoke Dan Bikos	2015	2019	40
Tracking the Elevated Mixed Layer with a new GOES-R Water Vapor Band	Severe Course	Dan Bikos Ed Szoke	2015	2019	20
1-minute Visible Satellite Imagery Applications for Severe Thunderstorms	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos	2014	2015	22
VIIRS Imagery Interpretation of Super Typhoon Vongfong	Tropical/Sat	John Knaff	2014		10
GPM Mission Overview	Satellite	Josh King	2014		8
Forecaster Training for the GOES-R Fog/low stratus (FLS) Products	Satellite Proving Ground	Scott Lindstrom Mike Pavolonis	2012	2017	60
Synthetic Imagery in Forecasting Cyclogenesis	Satellite Proving Ground	Dan Bikos Dan Lindsey	2012		30
Synthetic Imagery in Forecasting Low Clouds and Fog	Satellite Proving Ground	Dan Bikos Dan Lindsey	2012	2013	30
Volcanoes and Volcanic Ash Part 2	Aviation/Satellite	Jeff Braun Jeff Osiensky	2011		90
Objective Satellite-Based Overshooting Top and Enhanced-V Anvil Thermal Couplet Signature Detection	Satellite Proving Ground	Scott Lindstrom	2011		60
Synthetic Imagery in Forecasting Severe Weather	Satellite Proving Ground	Dan Bikos Dan Lindsey	2011	2015	30
Synthetic Imagery in Forecasting Orographic Cirrus	Satellite Proving Ground	Dan Bikos	2011		30
Volcanoes and Volcanic Ash Part 1	Aviation/Satellite	Jeff Braun Jeff Osiensky	2010		140
Aviation Hazards	Aviation/Satellite	Jeff Braun	2009	2011	180
Basic Satellite Imagery Interpretation in the Tropics	Tropical/Sat	Dan Bikos	2010		60
Water Vapor Imagery Analysis for Severe Weather	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos Dan Lindsey	2010		60
Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP)	Tropical	Dan Bikos	2010	2013	18
TC Intensity Model Guidance used by NHC	Tropical	Chris Landsea Mark DeMaria	2009	2020	45
TC Track Model Guidance used by NHC	Tropical	Mike Brennan Chris Landsea	2009	2020	45
GOES Imagery for Forecasting Severe Weather	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos	2008		75
Satellite Interpretation of Orographic Clouds	Satellite	Dan Bikos Jeff Braun	2007	2015	90
GOES 3.9 µm Channel	Satellite	Dan Lindsey	2006	2014	45
Predicting Supercell Motion in Operations	Severe/Sat	Matthew Bunkers	2005	2020	75
Mesoscale Convective Vortices	Severe/Sat	Scott Lindstrom Scott Bachmeier	2004	2022	15
Use of GOES RSO imagery with other Remote Sensor Data for Diagnosing Severe Weather across the CONUS (RSO 3)	Severe/Sat	Dan Bikos John Weaver	2003	2015	130
Cyclogenesis: Analysis Utilizing Geostationary Satellite Imagery	Winter / Sat	Dan Bikos John Weaver	2002		75
TROWAL Identification	Winter / Sat	Scott Lindstrom Scott Bachmeier	2005	2019	30

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