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Congratulations! Four proposals were granted funding from CHESS
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Land Surface Modeling course report
The CHESS Land Surface Modeling course was held 2-6 October in Bergen. Total of 11 students mostly from Bergen and Oslo and 9 guest lecturers joined the course. The main objective of the course was to educate and train theories…
ACDC Summer School in Rondane
During the period 10-22. September 25 students and 10 lecturers travelled to Rondvassbu in Norway to join this years Advanced Climate Dynamics Courses (ACDC). The purpose of the summer school was to explore the role of the seasonal cycle…
Report on the Bornö Summer School in Oceanography
The Bornö Summer School in Oceanography took place from July 31—August 11, 2017, on the island of Storo Bornö, in the Gullmarn Fjord on the west coast of Sweden. The school, sponsored by CHESS, was a collaborative project between the…
The “Advanced Statistics Training for Climate Research” course report
The “Advanced Statistics Training for Climate Research” course, organised by CHESS, took place at the Geophysics Institute at the University of Bergen from 22-25 August, 2017. The course was delivered by Prof. David Stephenson and Dr. Stefan Siegert from the…
Report on BUBBLES 2017
The “Bubbles 2017 – The Role of Methane in Marine and Terrestrial Environment” International Training School, sponsored by AMGG Arctic Marine Geology and Geophysics Research School in Tromsø, CAGE and CHESS, took place from 6th to 15th of June 2017 at the…
“Science Writing Workshop with Dallas Murphy” Class Report
It was my pleasure to conduct the seventh annual Science Writing Workshop during the week of 19-23 July 2017. If the workshop had a subtitle, it would be “Learning to Think Like a Writer.” Each of twelve students—from a myriad…
The “Ocean/Atmosphere Time Series” Course Report
The “Ocean/Atmosphere Time Series Analysis: Theory and Practice II” course for oceanography, sponsored by CHESS, took place during the week May 8–12, 2017. The course was taught by Jonathan Lilly from NorthWest Research Associates in Seattle, and was held at…
Call for CHESS Activities 2017 is open now!
The call is open now. Anyone affiliated with CHESS are very welcome to submit proposals. The budget of the call for this year is 500 kNok, resulting in 2-5 CHESS activities within 50-150 kNOK. Deadline for submission is 1st July.…
A free online course “Causes of Climate Change” by UiB
This free online course provides the basis for understanding the underlying physical processes governing climate variations in the past, present and future. It is an official UiB course this year giving 5ECTS. Visit https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/causes-of-climate-change and http://www.uib.no/emne/MNF344 to find out more.