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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The Biosphere-Atmosphere Research
& Training (BART) IGERT Program will be offering four short courses
during
the summer of 2008. Short courses will be offered at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
u2:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of <st1:PlaceName
u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
Biological Station (UMBS), an outstanding venue for courses, with
extensive
classroom, computing, and laboratory facilities. The <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType u2:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Michigan
Biological Station</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> is located at the
northern tip of the
Lower Peninsula of Michigan, on the south shore of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Douglas</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
<st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.
The BART program offers two types of Short Courses:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Technical Short Courses </b>will provide
hands-on
technical training to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty
members, and scientists. Each course will provide participants with
the
tools necessary to conduct research in a particular sub-discipline of
biosphere-atmosphere interactions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Classroom Based Short Courses </b>provide
classroom based
instruction and discussion for graduate students, postdoctoral
scholars, and
scientists. Courses are led by multiple instructors lecturing on their
area of
expertise.<u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The cost for the Short Courses includes lodging
and dining
and facility fees as well as a non-refundable $50 processing fee. For
more
information, contact the BART office at 888-647-0536, <a
href="mailto:bartumbs@umich.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">bartumbs@umich.edu</a>,
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ann Arbor</st1:place></st1:City>,
or visit our website at <a
href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/bart/tech_short_courses/"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/bart/tech_short_courses/</a>
for
course flyers and syllabus descriptions. Please also pass this along to
any
colleagues or students who may be interested in our Short Courses.<u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SHORT COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Essentials of Biosphere-Atmosphere
Interactions </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>June 23rd-July 3rd,
2008
Register by May1<sup>st</sup> for Discounted Cost: $1725</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This largely classroom based course is team-taught
by
experienced biosphere-atmosphere researchers and coordinated by Dr.
Steven
Bertman and Dr. David Karowe, both of <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
u2:st="on">Western</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
u2:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b>.
</b>Topics include:<b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: white;"> </span></b>Global
Climate Change, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry and
Physics,
Plant Physiology, Forest Ecophysiology, Aquatic Ecology, Global
Biogeochemical
Processes, Plant-Atmosphere Interactions, Water-Atmosphere
Interactions, and
Soil-Atmosphere Interactions. Some topics will include field components.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Flux Measurement Fundamentals</i> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>July 7th-11th,
2008
Register by May 1<sup>st</sup> for Discounted Cost: $1500</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A technical short course in the use of
micrometeorological
methods to obtain and analyze fluxes of momentum, heat, and chemical
species by
eddy-covariance, eddy accumulation and related techniques. Topics
covered
include theory of turbulent exchange measurements, flux measurement
techniques,
installation and operation of an EC and energy balance measurement
site, and
QA/QC. The course will be team taught by Dr. Hans Peter Schmid of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Indiana</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType u2:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType>,
Dr. Alex Guenther, NCAR, and Dr. Brian Lamb of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
<st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Methods in Plant Physiological Ecology for
Climate
Change Research </i> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>July- 14th-18th,
2008
Register by May 1<sup>st</sup> for Discounted Cost: $1500</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A technical short course in key ecophysical
methods,
predicated on the concept that plants mediate aspects of mass and
energy
exchanges between ecosystems and the atmosphere. Topics covered
include
gas exchange, water relations, root dynamics, and stable isotopes. The
course
will be taught by Dr. Peter Curtis from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
<st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<b><u1:p></u1:p> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Ecosystem Modeling </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>July 14th-18th,
2008
Register by May 1<sup>st</sup> for Discounted Cost: $1500</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">A technical
short course
in </span></em>Ecosystem modeling that combines facets of ecosystem
ecology,
population and community ecology, and dynamic-systems modeling theory
and
techniques. The course addresses the manner in which biotic
communities
both drive, and are constrained by, ecosystem-level flows of carbon,
nutrients,
water, and energy. Students will work in an interactive, hands-on,
combined lecture-laboratory format. Students will learn the Stella
dynamic
systems modeling language (no prior Stella experience is needed). The
class will work through one extended case study: building a
process-based
model of forest succession, including production and decomposition, and
linked
to flows and storage of carbon and nitrogen. Students will then have
time
either to improve on this model in a creative way or to work on the
development
of their own separate model with the help of the instructor. Course
taught by
Dr. William Currie of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><st1:place
u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType u2:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
of <st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anne Fowler-Edin<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Biosphere-Atmosphere Research & Training (BART) Program<br>
<a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/bart/">bartumbs@umich.edu<br>
www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/bart/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <br>
June thru August<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
Biological
Station<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">9133 East State Street</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
Pellston MI 49769.<br>
231 539-8406<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">September thru May<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
Biological
Station<br>
930 N. University<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ann Arbor</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MI</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">48109-1055</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
888-647-0536</p>
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