COMET (Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training)

1.Have you used COMET modules?

Option Count Percent 1. Yes 178 68.2% 2. No 83 31.8% Total 261 100% Median:   1.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   261 Maximum value:   2

If yes, how have you accessed them? (Please check all that apply.)

Option Count Percent 1. From the Web 153 55.04% 2. CD-ROM 84 30.22% 3. Laser disk 39 14.03% 4. Other (Please describe here): 2 0.72% Total 278 100% Median:   1.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   178 Maximum value:   4

2.What are the primary operating systems that you use? (Please check all that apply.)

Option Count Percent 1. Windows 98/ME 24 4.07% 2. Windows NT 16 2.72% 3. Windows 2000 52 8.83% 4. Windows XP (home) 51 8.66% 5. Windows XP (professional) 154 26.15% 6. Windows Server 2003 5 0.85% 7. Sun Solaris 45 7.64% 8. SGI IRIX 21 3.57% 9. HP-UX 11 1.87% 10. Linux 155 26.32% 11. MacOS 43 7.3% 12. Don't know or not sure 2 0.34% 13. Other (Please specify here): 10 1.7% Total 589 100% Median:   5.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   242 Maximum value:   13

3.For what purposes have you used COMET modules?

Option Count Percent 1. Educating myself 147 30.5% 2. Educating others 111 23.03% 3. Preparing course/lecture material 93 19.29% 4. Use of COMET images/graphics in preparing my own lectures 59 12.24% 5. Scientific research 35 7.26% 6. Browsing 32 6.64% 7. Other (Please describe here): 5 1.04% Total 482 100% Median:   2.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   191 Maximum value:   7

4.Have you attended a COMET faculty course?

Option Count Percent 1. Yes 35 14.96% 2. No 199 85.04% Total 234 100% Median:   2.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   234 Maximum value:   2

6.Have you or anyone from your department submitted a proposal to the COMET Outreach Program?

Option Count Percent 1. Yes 78 33.48% 2. No 76 32.62% 3. Don't know or not sure 79 33.91% Total 233 100% Median:   2.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   233 Maximum value:   3

7.Has anyone from your department received funding from the COMET Outreach Program?

Option Count Percent 1. Yes 63 27.27% 2. No 87 37.66% 3. Don't know or not sure 81 35.06% Total 231 100% Median:   2.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   231 Maximum value:   3

If yes, please check all that apply:

Option Count Percent 1. Partners Program 50 48.54% 2. Coop Program 41 39.81% 3. Graduate fellowships 12 11.65% Total 103 100% Median:   2.0 Minimum value:   1 Total responses:   64 Maximum value:   3