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Howard University
NOAA Center for Atmospheric Science hosts annual summer weather
camps each summer. The weather camp is supported by funds from the
NOAA Educational Partnership Program for Minority Serving
Institutions (EPP/MSI) through the NOAA Center in Atmospheric
Sciences (NCAS) at Howard University. Camps are routinely sponsored
in Washington, DC, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and Jackson, Mississippi.
Plans for additional camps and partnerships in other locations are
under development and will be announced on this website.
The goals of the
program are:
- To provide
broad exposure and training for local high school students in
weather forecasting, environmental modeling, and measurements
- To encourage
bright underrepresented students to consider science and
engineering education and careers in college and beyond through
dissemination of educational and career opportunities in
atmospheric sciences
- To increase
the talent pipeline of students pursuing studies in science and
engineering in college
Students are engaged
in hands-on activities, field experiments, seminars, tours of
research facilities, and workshops that expand their knowledge of
atmospheric sciences, weather and forecast models, and environmental
instrumentation.
Over the course of
the two-week program, students also receive an exposure to the
college experience through their stay in University dormitories,
interactions with Atmospheric Sciences graduate students, and use of
campus computational and academic facilities. A distinctive element
of the camp is the weather forecasting contest. Students compete
for two weeks to make the most accurate weather forecasts for two
regions of the globe. The camp’s top two forecasters win unique
technological prizes.
Past sponsors of the
weather camp include WeatherBug, The Weather Channel, Accuweather,
Nobelis, NOAA, EPA, Caelum, and Raytheon.
Weather Camp Flyer and Application
for Howard University and the
University of Puerto Rico at
Mayaguez.
Attn:
2008 Weather Camp
Application due dates:
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