Real Examples of Classic Storm Structures for Classroom Use Based on Data from FRONT-PORCH

概述：概念模型图在本科生和研究生的大气科学课程中经常使用，因为它们使学生能够可视化复杂风暴系统的动态交织部分。这些模型是管理系统的关系的可视化简化，并且在课堂上使用它们已被证明可以显着提高学生的学习。尽管传统的概念模型具有公认的重要性，但它们通常是动态系统的静态表示，往往难以再现真实风暴的复杂和嘈杂现实。研究表明，当学生能够将概念模型与实际数据进行比较和对比，并找出简化模型的弱点时，概念模型的教育价值就会最大化。本提案旨在利用FRONT-PORCH实验期间收集的观测数据，开发一系列常见观测风暴结构的案例研究实例。三维风场的高分辨率双多普勒重建、双极化水流星识别以及地面和高空气象观测将被结合并并排显示，以提供一个完整的真实风暴结构示例，可以与常用的概念模型进行比较和对比。这些例子将被放在一个案例研究图书馆的网络上，全国各地的学生可以在那里选择不同的风暴类型，并在他们可以控制播放的电影中观看风暴的演变。此外，将编写一系列使用案例研究库的实验室练习，以加速将这些数据带入课堂，从而提高气象学课程的有效性，而无需个别教师付出额外的努力。智力优势：传统上，大气科学的教育活动落后于其他物理和地球科学的教学进展数年。这个项目将是大气科学中第一个开发广泛可用的教育资源的项目之一，该资源主要依赖于在实地实验期间收集的观测数据。更广泛的影响：科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育正在进行广泛的基层改革，课堂从以讲座为基础、以教授为中心、被动学习的方式转变为学生积极参与知识构建的方式。这些变化背后的驱动力是一连串的新研究，这些研究一致表明，基于讲座的教学不如结合主动学习的教学方式有效。永久的案例研究图书馆将允许全国各地的学生在气象学教科书中常见的传统静态概念模型之外检查真实数据。在实验室练习中，学生们需要主动探索数据，并在给出答案之前对风暴的形成方式得出自己的结论。通过将实际数据与概念模型进行比较和对比，学生将对复杂的风暴结构有更深入、更全面的了解。此外，预先打包的练习可以很容易地实现，这将促进我们的学术同事使用这个和其他教育资源

Overview:Conceptual model diagrams are frequently used in undergraduate and graduate atmospheric science courses because they allow students to visualize the dynamic interwoven pieces of complex storm systems. These models are visual simplifications of the relationships that govern the system and the use of them in the classroom has been shown to significantly improve student learning. Despite their recognized importance, traditional conceptual models are most often static representations of dynamic systems and often struggle to reproduce the complex and noisy reality of authentic storms. Studies have shown that the educational value of conceptual models is maximized when students are able to compare and contrast the model with real data and identify weaknesses in the simplified model.This proposal seeks to develop a series of case study examples of commonly observed storm structures using observational data collected during the FRONT-PORCH experiment. High resolution dual-Doppler reconstructions of the three-dimensional wind field, dual-polarization hydrometeor identification, and surface and upper-air meteorology observations will be combined and displayed side by side to give a complete view of a real example of storm structure that can be compared and contrasted with commonly used conceptual models. These examples will be housed on the web in a case study library where students across the country can choose among different storm types and view the evolution of the storms in a movie whose playback they can control. Additionally, a series of laboratory exercises using the case study library will be written to accelerate bringing this data into classrooms and thus enhance the effectiveness of meteorology courses without significant additional effort on the part of individual instructors.Intellectual Merit:Educational initiatives in the atmospheric sciences have traditionally lagged several years behind advancements in the teaching of other physical and geosciences. This project will be one of the first in the atmospheric sciences to develop a widely available educational resource that relies primarily on observational data collected during a field experiment.Broader Impacts:A broad grassroots reformation is underway in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education as classes shift from a lecture based, professor centric, passive learning approach into one in which students are actively engaged in the construction of their knowledge. The driving force behind these changes is the litany of new studies that consistently demonstrate that lecture based instruction is not as effective as a style that incorporates active learning. The permanent case study library will allow students across the country to examine real data alongside the traditional static conceptual models that are common in meteorology textbooks. The lab exercises involve the students in actively exploring the data and coming to their own conclusions about the way a storm works before being given the answer. By comparing and contrasting real data with conceptual models students will gain a deeper and more complete understanding of complex storm structures. Additionally, pre-packaged exercises that can be easily implemented will facilitate use of this and other educational resources by our academic colleague