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…
Author: Mandy Kong
Writing workshop with Dallas Murphy 2020
The ninth annual CHESS Advanced Writing Course, 15—17 June 2020, was far from typical. COVID-19 forced us to conduct the workshop remotely. I deeply missed my visit to Bergen and the Institute, normally a highpoint of my year. The…
Report on “Fundamentals of Ocean/Atmosphere Data Analysis course”
From May 11 to May 15, 2020, eighteen graduate students participated in the course “Fundamentals of Ocean/Atmosphere Data Analysis” held via Zoom. Students from four countries took part, with thirteen students from Norway, three from Italy, and one each…
Invitation to CHESS Annual Meeting 2020 in September
All CHESS members and international guests are warmly invited to our Annual Meeting 2020, rescheduled to 28 September-2 October onboard of MS Trollfjord, Hurtigruten. The boat will depart Bergen on 28 September evening and will arrive Tromsø on 2 October…
Call for CHESS Activities 2020 is open now!
All PhD students and supervisors affiliated with CHESS are invited to submit proposals for courses, workshops, or summer/winter schools. The total budget of the call this year is 650 kNOK, resulting in 4-6 CHESS activities with 50-150 kNOK each. If…
New dates for CHESS Annual Meeting 2020
It was with great sadness that we unfortunately had to cancel the CHESS Annual Meeting on Hurtigruten just one week before the scheduled date, but given the rapid development of the pandemic it was a necessary and the most reasonable…
Course Report: “Creating Scientific Illustrations” with Pina Kingman – Bergen 2020
From the 28th to 31st of January 2020, 18 doctoral and masters students came together in Bergen for a four day course on creating scientific illustrations with Pina Kingman, MScBMC. In this introductory course, students learnt the fundamentals of graphic…
Nansen Tutu TRIATLAS Summer School on Ocean, Climate, and Marine Ecosystems
The Nansen Tutu TRIATLAS Summer School on Ocean, Climate and Marine Ecosystem was held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, during 14-21 January, 2020. We brought together 28 Master and PhD students and early career researchers from physical…
“Writing successful project proposal” course report
The CHESS course “Writing successful project proposals” was held from 13-14 November 2019. A total of 15 participants joined the course. The main objective of the course was to enable early-career climate scientists to successfully apply for external funding of…
Report on “eScience for linking Arctic measurements and modeling” course
The third course on climate science at high latitudes: “eScience for linking Arctic measurements and modeling” was successfully held at Abisko Scientific Research Station 15–24th of October 2019. The main topic of the course was on aerosols in the Arctic,…