2012 Summer School
Climate System Modeling: Downscaling techniques and practical applications
16-28 July 2012
Fairbanks, Alaska
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
For further information, please contact:
Tohru Saito
Email: saito [at] iarc.uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-1544
The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) and the Scenarios
Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP) announce the availability
of a 2012 Summer School entitled "Climate System Modeling: Downscaling
techniques and practical applications." The course will be held 16-28
July 2012 in the IARC facilities at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
(UAF) in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The two-week summer school will bring graduate students and young
scientists together with academic specialists in climate science and
decision makers from both the public and private sectors. It is
specifically designed to immerse a new generation of scientists in the
opportunities and challenges of climate modeling. Alaska and the Arctic
will serve as test-beds for regional downscaling, although the methods
will be suitable for applications elsewhere.
The main focus of the summer course will be on how to apply available
observations and global and regional model output to meet user needs at
the local and regional scales. Introductory overviews of major
components of the climate system, including features unique to the
Arctic, will be followed by details of how those observations and
modeling efforts can be made useful to stakeholders. Dialog with
individuals from government agencies, industry, and local communities
will help foster understanding of the problem of communicating climate
science to society.
The summer school will consist of lectures and technical sessions in the
mornings, and mini-projects and informal discussions in the afternoons.
Mini-projects will be performed in collaboration with faculty members
and lecturers. All participants will give short presentations on their
mini-projects at the end of the two-week period. Because one of the
goals of the summer school is to bridge observations and modeling with
'real-world' applications, classroom lectures will be complemented by
field trips to research sites around interior Alaska.
The summer school will be offered as a two-credit UAF summer graduate
course. Hosted by UAF and sponsored by the Department of Interior's
(DoI) Alaska Climate Science Center, the course will be coordinated by
Vladimir Alexeev, John Walsh, Scott Rupp, and Stephen Gray.
Opportunities will be provided for students and scientists from
different regional DoI Climate Science Centers to interact and share
experiences. Summer school participants will also include graduate
students from outside of the Climate Science Center Network, with
several participants drawn from the international scientific community.
Application packages must include a curriculum vitae and a letter of
interest. Applications should be submitted electronically to Tohru Saito
(saito [at] iarc.uaf.edu) no later than Tuesday, 15 May 2012.
Important: All applicants need to secure their own funds to participate
in this opportunity, including airfare to Fairbanks, meals, and lodging.
For further information on the IARC Summer School program, please go to:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/education_outreach/summer.
For questions, please contact:
Tohru Saito
Phone: 907-474-1544
Email: saito [at] iarc.uaf.edu
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