The overview can be found under “Activities” on the main menu of CHESS homepage (https://chess.w.uib.no/overview-of-chess-activities-2021/). The table lists chronologically all the confirmed CHESS activities in 2021 but more activities might be added to the table later. The dates and places…
Author: Mandy Kong
Report on “State of the Art Weather and Climate modeling”
Last week from 16.11.20-19.11.20 we held our virtual CHESS course on “State of the Art Weather and Climate modeling”. This course was initiated and organized by three PhD students from the University of Bergen and facilitated through CHESS. The course…
Fourth Nordic course on eScience Tools in Climate Science: Linking Observations with Modelling
Our fourth 10-day course and FORCeS winter school on e-science tools for climate research has successfully been held 4th – 13rd of November 2020. It was originally planned to be held in Tjärnö, Sweden but had to be moved unfortunately…
A new page on CHESS website!
We have added a new page on CHESS main website. On this page you can find information about job and funding opportunities for CHESS PhDs, as well as some relevant non-CHESS activities within our community. The page is on…
Report on “Introduction to FAIR Data Management for Geoscientists”
The course «Introduction to FAIR Data Management» was held virtually between 8 – 10 September 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic. The course had 14 registered participants and one short-notice participant. Of these, 12 participants joined at least partially, while…
Report on the “past, present and future glacier-climate change in an interdisciplinary light” Summer School
I couldn`t believe it was really happening: an in-person Summer School during Covid-19 times. Yes, international lecturers had to be cancelled, flights were rescheduled and room sharing and seating arrangements were meticulously planned to allow distancing, but we pulled it…
Second call for Call for CHESS Activities 2020 is open until 15 November!
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 first virtual CHESS Annual Meeting 2020 was successfully concluded!
The first virtual CHESS annual meeting from 28-30 September was successfully concluded. The meeting combined online meeting tool ZOOM and social gathering platform GATHER to give participants new experience in virtual conferencing. We also had local gatherings at regional hubs…
CHESS Annual Meeting, 28-30 September 2020
Welcome to our virtual CHESS Annual Meeting 2020! The meeting combines online meeting tool ZOOM and social gathering platform GATHER to give participants new experience in virtual conferencing. Please go to the meeting webpage for all the details and meeting…
The CHESS Annual Meeting 2020 will be online!
Considering the given the current situation with the pandemic together with its highly uncertain development, the CHESS Steering Group decided that it is the most responsible and reasonable decision to not conduct the meeting on Hurtigruten at this stage. As…