All CHESS members are warmly invited to our Annual Meeting 2020, which will take place on 20-24 March onboard of MS Trollfjord, Hurtigruten. The meeting is an excellent opportunity for all members to get together for scientific discussions, networking, and…
For two intense weeks (22 Sept-4 Oct 2019), 25 students and 9 lecturers from around the world gathered in the small town of Wawona, in the wild forest of Yosemite National Park to discuss climate science as part of the…
All supervisor and student members are invited to propose an activity for our community. If you carry an idea for a course, a workshop or a summer/winter school with a topic relevant to CHESS PhD students, and would like to…
The Norwegian universities should take a lead in the fight against climate change and educate new generations, do research and be showcase solutions for a sustainable future. The letter is initiated by Anne Husebekk (rector, UiT) and Andrea Tilche (senior…
Initiated by the CHESS leadership, the first CHESS regional meeting was held on 10th September at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Bergen, for CHESS members in Bergen. The main purpose of the gathering is to raise awareness…
The “Advanced Statistics Training for Climate Research” course took place at the Geophysics Institute at the University of Bergen from the 19 to 22 August, 2019. The course was delivered by Prof. David Stephenson and Dr. Stefan Siegert from the…
From 22nd July to 2nd August, two whole weeks of courses on Data Assimilation and its various applications in forecasting, risk assessment and decision-making were given at the University of Timișoara, Romania. A total of no less than 20 speakers…
The Bornö Summer School took place from July 29—August 9, 2019, on the island of Storo Bornö, in the Gullmarnsfjord on the west coast of Sweden. The school was a collaborative project between the Universities of Copenhagen, Hamburg, Oslo and…
From its origins eight years ago, it has been my pleasure to conduct, with Dr. Thomas Spengler, the annual CHESS Advanced Writing Course. This session, 17—21 June 2019 was no exception. We had eleven enrollees from a wide range of…
From June 3 to June 7, 2019, a dozen graduate students participated in the course “Fundamentals of Ocean/Atmosphere Data Analysis” held at Oslo’s Science Park. Students from four countries took part, with six from Norway, four from Germany, and…