Geology department initiates innovative online science course

Over 350 colleges and universities nationwide have joined forces with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to introduce a highly innovative online course in which their students are introduced to the science of meteorology by studying weather as it happens.

Dr. Mark Baskaran of Wayne State University attended a one-week faculty workshop at the National Weather Service Training Center in Kansas City, MO, as part of the course implementation effort. The course, Online Weather Studies, was developed by the AMS with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and relies heavily on the use of the latest weather data, maps, forecasts, and satellite and radar imagery delivered via the internet.