Learning Materials

scoobie · September 24, 2008

Hi All,

I've been a member here for a while, but pretty much just lurked in the background! Anyway, I've always been interested in all things weather related ever since I can remember. I'm a fairly keen weather observer (have a Davis Vantage Pro weather station - which is going to be moved this weekend, a boltek lightning detector (still in its box unfortunately) and also have a weather sat rx set up through EUMETCAST (although having some problems with my setup after moving house), and I want to have a go at some weather photography when I've saved up for a new DSLR)

I'd really like to expand my horizons a bit further, and learn a bit more about it all (even the complex maths/physics side of it all). As I'm sat in front of a computer ALL day long, I'd like some of your recommendations for books, downloadable pdf's (which I can print out and read at my leisure), and even distance learning courses.

I know there is a wealth on information on these very forums, but knowing where to start is like finding a needle in a haystack without knowing what the needle actually looks like!

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated

Thanks all,

Scoobie

P.S: Does anyone else here receive EUMETCAST data? I've not seen anyone mention it on here...

**Paul** · September 24, 2008

Hi Scoobie, what side of things are you looking to get more into, is it the model reading/forecasting side of things or more towards climate?

Re Eumetcast, I think a few receive it, so I'm sure someone will be along soon enough to talk about that!

Ross B · September 24, 2008

There is a distance learning course mentioned here: http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=48481

Although i think it will be pretty basic!

Cookie · September 24, 2008

yup it is pretty basic but thats where I wanted to start.

school was rather crappy and going to uni was an idea at the moment.

but who highly recommend it as it been a brilliant course so far

scoobie · September 25, 2008

Hi Scoobie, what side of things are you looking to get more into, is it the model reading/forecasting side of things or more towards climate?
Re Eumetcast, I think a few receive it, so I'm sure someone will be along soon enough to talk about that!

I think to begin with, I'd like to learn about the model reading/forecasting side of things and then after I have grasped the basics of that will go on to more in-depth studies, and perhaps try to pick up an understanding of the climate arena along the way...

There is a distance learning course mentioned here: http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=48481
Although i think it will be pretty basic!

That course looks like a good starting point for me! Any suggestions on reading material anyone? I know there is a lot of information within these forums, and the guides but if that information could be collated into a single pdf for example and layed out in a logical format I would be happy to pay for it :-)

Thanks for the input so far everyone, lets keep it coming :-)

Scoobie