Overview of CHESS Activities 2021

The table below lists our planned activities in 2021. Please note that this is only a tentative plan, which includes all confirmed activities but more activities might be added to the table later. The dates and places of some activities are only preliminary and the table will be updated when new information is available.

ActivityOrganizer/Course responsibleDatePlaceECTS
Training course on stable water and carbon isotopesHarald Sodemann / UiB25-28 JanUiB, Bergen1
Turbulence in the Atmosphere and OceanJoe LaCasce / UiO15-19 Feb & 15-19 MarUiO, Oslo5
Climate change in a societal perspectiveBritta Schäfer, Marius Lambert / UiO3-4 MarUiO, Oslo & digital1
Creating scientific illustrationsResearch school network8-12 Mar / 19-23 Apronline2
Communication skills in outreach and teachingKjersti Daae / UiO, Mirjam Glessmer / iEarthonline weekly lectures on Thursdays from 8 Apr, workshop: 13-20 SepTBC2-3
IceFinse – Arctic climate research and fieldworkAnne-Katrine Faber, Kerim Nisancioglu / UiBcourse work: 2 h/week in week 10, 11 & 12, field work:12-20 AprUiB & Finse Alpine Research Center5
From idea to project: Writing successful project proposalsFriederike Hoffmann / UiB13-14 AprUiB, Bergen1
Fundamentals of Ocean/Atmosphere Data AnalysisJoe LaCasce / UiO, Jonathan Lilly26 Apr-7 Mayonline5
Crash Course on Data Assimilation in GeosciencesLaurent Bertino /NERSC31 May-4 Junonline1
CHESS Annual Meeting 2021CHESS secretariat7-9 Juneonline with local hubs-
Science Writing Workshop with Dallas MurphyDallas Murphy,
Thomas Spengler / UiB
21-25 JuneUiB, Bergen2
Integral projection models (IPM) from population ecology in climate change studiesRagnhild Gya & Joachim Töpper / UiB30 Aug-3 SepUiB, Bergen & digital2
Summer school: Surface change in a warmer and wetter ArcticWillem van der Bilt & Jostein Bakke / UiB6-11 Sep (postponed to September 2022)Northern Iceland2
XRF core scanning for paleoclimate reconstructionsChristine Kollsgård (UiT), Carmen Braun (UiT), Vårin Eilertsen (UiT), Eirik Ballo (UiO) and Violeth Swai (UiB)27-29 Sep (new dates)Tromsø & digital1
FAIR Data Management for GeoscientistsJoachim Reuder/UiB, Joe LaCasce/UiO18-22 OctOnline1
Advanced Statistics courseDavid Stephenson &
Stefan Siegert
26-29 OctUiB, Bergen1
One Ocean Field Course 2021Kerim Nisancioglu / UiBweekly webinars in Sep/Oct, field course: 8-24 NovSailing from Curacao to Havana5
E-science tools for climate researchMichael Schulz / UiO1-10 NovTjärnö Scientific Research Station, Sweden5