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DOI	10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0025.1
	Students of purdue observing tornadic thunderstorms for research (SPOTTR): A severe storms field work course at purdue university
	Tanamachi R.L.; Dawson D.T.; Ii; Parker L.C.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	00030007
起始页码	E849
结束页码	E868
卷号	101 期号:6
英文摘要	A summer course has been developed at Purdue University that leverages students' intrinsic desire to observe tornadoes as a motivator for learning severe storms forecasting. Relative to previous "storm chasing"courses described in the literature, the Students of Purdue Observing Tornadic Thunderstorms for Research (SPOTTR) course is enhanced by active learning exercises, career exploration activities, and the inclusion of research-grade meteorological instrumentation in order to provide an authentic in-field experiential learning scenario. After teaching severe weather forecasting skills and deployment techniques for several meteorological instruments (such as a mobile radar, radiosondes, and disdrometers), the instructors then guide the students on a 1-week field trip to the Great Plains, where the group executes a miniature field campaign to collect high-quality meteorological observations in and near severe storms. On days with no targetable severe weather, the participants visit sites deemed beneficial to the students' professional development. The final week of the course is spent performing retrospective case studies based on the observations collected, and distilling lessons learned. Surveys given to SPOTTR students show that students' understanding of severe storms forecasting, technical skills, and career aspirations all improved as a result of having participated in the SPOTTR course, affirming the efficacy of the course design. © 2020 American Meteorological Society.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Meteorological instruments; Students; Thunderstorms; Weather forecasting; Active Learning; Experiential learning; Field campaign; Meteorological observation; Professional development; Purdue University; Technical skills; Tornadic thunderstorms; Curricula
来源期刊	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/177866
作者单位	Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States; Evaluation and Learning Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tanamachi R.L.,Dawson D.T.,Ii,et al. Students of purdue observing tornadic thunderstorms for research (SPOTTR): A severe storms field work course at purdue university[J],2020,101(6).
APA	Tanamachi R.L.,Dawson D.T.,Ii,&Parker L.C..(2020).Students of purdue observing tornadic thunderstorms for research (SPOTTR): A severe storms field work course at purdue university.Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,101(6).
MLA	Tanamachi R.L.,et al."Students of purdue observing tornadic thunderstorms for research (SPOTTR): A severe storms field work course at purdue university".Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101.6(2020).