THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN WEATHER FORECASTING

Program and Course Technical Requirements

(updated 21 February, 2006)

Certificate of Achievement in Weather Forecasting
Operating System	Windows XP or 2000 with the latest service packs Macintosh OS X (10.2 or higher)
Processor	Pentium 4, 2-GHz or higher
Memory	512 MB of RAM or higher
Hard Drive Space	2 GB free disk space
Browser	Windows: Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Opera, or Firefox Mac OS X: Firefox 1.0 or higher Note: Cookies, Java, and JavaScript must be enabled. AOL users should upgrade to the latest version or connect through AOL and then use one of the browsers listed above.
Plug-ins	Shockwave (METEO 101 only) [Download from Macromedia] Quicktime Player [Download from Apple] Macromedia Flash [Download from Macromedia] Adobe Reader (recommended) [Download from Adobe]
Web Publishing Software	Microsoft FrontPage, Mozilla Composer, Macromedia HomeSite, Macromedia Dreamweaver, or equivalent
Modem	56 kbps or higher speed (recommended)
Printer	graphics-capable (inkjet or laser printer)
CD-ROM	recommended (only if using optional course CD)
Sound Card	recommended
Monitor/Video Card	15" monitor; SVGA or better (1024 X 768, 16-bit graphics)