[Grad-postdoc-assn] Arctic Summer School

Scott Briggs sbriggs at ucar.edu
Mon Dec 22 08:40:53 MST 2008


FYI

“Observing the Arctic: A window to climate change

International Summer School, Svalbard, 27 June - 4 July 2009

Application deadline 15 February 2009

Background and Objectives:

*Climate change is widely regarded as the greatest challenge to  
mankind, with the Arctic one of the key “trigger regions”, changing  
fast under both human pressures and climate change impacts. *

The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU in Norwegian),  
Norwegian Spacecenter (Norsk Romsenter) and The University Centre in  
Svalbard (UNIS) are organizing an International Summer School on  
“Observing the Arctic: A window to climate change” to address this  
challenge by bringing together the various elements that comprise the  
Arctic and how they provide information on climate change. This Summer  
School has the support of Konsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), the  
European Space Agency (ESA) and the World Meteorological Organization  
(WMO).

This one week course held at The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)  
in Longyearbyen (the main settlement in Svalbard) aims to train  
students in the fundamentals of Earth Observation, Earth System Models  
and Climate Change, and the latest developments, with a focus on the  
Arctic. The school will be integrated with the UNIS IPY Summer School.  
It will provide students with contacts with world-class scientists and  
their peers. Courses include lectures on Earth Observation, climate  
change and climate modelling, the various elements of the Arctic  
system (atmosphere, ocean, land cryosphere and biosphere), Numerical  
Weather Prediction and the International Polar Year (IPY). There will  
be a keynote lecture on the Arctic and climate by Prof Johnny  
Johannessen (NERSC), who is the ESAC Chair.

There will be hands-on computing exercises on various aspects of Earth  
Observation and the Arctic; these exercises will be based on those  
successfully implemented at the ESA Earth Observation Summer School (http://envisat.esa.int/envschool_2008/ 
). Students will have the opportunity to present their work during a  
dedicated poster session. Finally, we plan visits to KSAT and KHO  
(Kjell Henriksen Observatory).

The school is open to young researchers (i.e., PhD students and young  
post-doctoral scientists) who work on aspects of the Arctic and wish  
to expand and improve their knowledge and skills. Participation is  
limited to a maximum of 36 students and is highly competitive.  
Students are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation,  
although limited support is likely for students from developing  
countries (e.g. Eastern Europe and Russia; China; India; Argentina).

Please go to the website: http://school.nilu.no for more information  
and to download the brochure.”


Scott Briggs
Administrative Assistant
Advanced Study Program
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-1607




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