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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…