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Wendy AbshireThe COMET Program
17 October 2011
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Aviation Weather 48 125
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Convective Weather 35 97
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Environment & Society 25 52
Fire Weather 44 57
Fog & Low Stratus 30 68
Hydrology/Flooding 67 99
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Mesoscale Meteorology 36 81
Mountain Meteorology 19 41
NWP (Modeling) 77 144
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Radar Meteorology 6 16
Satellite Meteorology 87 133
Space Weather 8 27
Tropical/Hurricane 32 65
Winter Weather 43 94
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