Summer Program Announcement
Bert Bolin Centre Arctic Climate Summer School
Abisko Research Station
Northern Sweden
1-12 August 2011
Application Deadline: Monday, 16 May 2011
For further information, please go to:
http://www.bbcc.su.se/2011-summer-school-on-arctic-climate.html
The Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University
announces that applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Arctic
Climate Summer School. The program will be held at the Abisko Research
Station on Lake Tornatrask, Sweden, 1-12 August 2011.
The summer school is a two-week graduate level course designed to give
students a higher level of understanding of the arctic climate system.
The course is structured in two parts. The first week will feature
lectures presented by invited speakers on the relevant principals,
theories and dynamics of what defines arctic climate. Key topics will
include:
- Overview of the arctic climate system and its principal
components;
- Principles of planetary climate and carbon dioxide forcing;
- Review of the arctic amplification debate;
- History of climate in the Arctic;
- Climate models and projections of future arctic climate;
- Arctic atmospheric chemistry and aerosols;
- Arctic tundra, NH4 and CO2;
- Theories of the north Atlantic circulation, idealized simulations
of ocean/atmosphere climate models; and
- Modern arctic exploration.
The second week of the course is devoted to field and laboratory
exercises where students will have an opportunity to study the unique
aspects of arctic climate in more detail.
Participants will receive four higher education credits upon completion.
Young scientists at the beginning of their careers such as PhD and
postdoctoral students are qualified to participate. The number of
participants will be limited to 30. Applications will be considered on a
first-come, first serve basis. Each applicant must submit:
- Statement of interest;
- Resume of relevant academic background; and
- Recommendation from supervisor or relevant advisor.
The application form is available for download under 'Application and
Registration Instructions' at:
http://www.bbcc.su.se/2011-summer-school-on-arctic-climate.html.
Applications must be submitted electronically, preferably in PDF or MS
word document format, to: bjorn.gunnarson [at] natgeo.su.se.
Application Deadline: Monday, 16 May 2011.
For further information about the Abisko Scientific Research Station,
please go to: http://www.linnea.com/~ans.
For further information about the Bert Bolin Centre Climate Research
School at Stockholm University, please go to:
http://www.bbcc.su.se/education/courses.html.