Solanar Graduate Program✦Advanced Operational Meteorology✦Mesoscale & Severe Weather✦A++ Graduate Curriculum✦80% Hard Mastery✦Higher Learning Mathematics Integrated✦NAIB Research Mentor✦
Graduate Evidence FormsAdvanced Operational Meteorology
Track HomeMathematicsNAIB Mentor
Required portfolio evidence

Graduate Forms

Graduate progress is documented through analysis, research, reproducibility, forecast operations and defense—not by quiz scores alone.

Graduate Case Diagnostic

Full evidence chain: observations, dynamics, remote sensing, guidance, uncertainty and forecast implications.

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Graduate Mesoanalysis

Boundaries, instability, moisture, forcing, shear, terrain and convective initiation.

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Radar Interrogation & Warning Evidence Log

Radar sampling, storm structure, trends, signatures, corroboration, uncertainty and decision points.

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Satellite / Lightning Data Fusion

Multispectral satellite, lightning context, radar integration and trend interpretation.

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CAM / NWP Evaluation

Convection-allowing model guidance, timing, mode, failure modes, biases and observations.

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Ensemble & Probability Brief

Spread, clustering, thresholds, calibration, confidence and decision triggers.

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Warning Decision Science Log

Evidence, alternative hypotheses, human factors, simulated decision and update triggers.

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Graduate Forecast Shift Log

Situational awareness, priorities, forecast updates, briefings, handoff and verification.

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Forecast Verification & After-Action Review

Error, bias, hits/misses, calibration, process failures and corrective learning.

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Research Literature Critique

Question, methods, data, assumptions, evidence, limitations, reproducibility and significance.

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Reproducible Analysis Record

Dataset provenance, transformations, calculations/code, figures, version notes and replication checks.

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Capstone Research Proposal

Problem, literature basis, methods, data, hypotheses, ethics, timeline and expected contribution.

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Capstone Defense Rubric

Scientific depth, methods, reproducibility, operational value, communication and response to questioning.

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